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Fact Sheet - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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As children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) grow up, school behaviors, emotional difficulties, and social problems often get worse.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is one of the leading preventable causes of mental retardation and birth defects.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is characterized by abnormal facial features, growth deficiencies, and central nervous system (CNS) problems.
Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) may have problems with learning, memory, attention span, communication, vision, and/or hearing.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a permanent condition which affects every aspect of an individual’s life and the lives of his or her family.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol while she is pregnant.
Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) are at risk for psychiatric problems, criminal behavior, unemployment, and incomplete education.
Studies indicate that an embryo or fetus could be affected by alcohol consumption during the earliest weeks after conception, even before a woman knows that she is pregnant. For that reason, the Surgeon General recommends that women who may possibly become pregnant abstain from alcohol.
At least 5,000 infants are born in the United States each year with FAS [Fetal Alcohol Syndrome]; another 50,000 children show symptoms of ARND [Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder].
Approximately 1 out of every 750 live babies born in the United States each year has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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