Actually why smoking is prohibited? Because smoking produces more negative impacts than positive impacts. Even if it does exist positive impact. For men may cause impotence. For women there are a variety of fetal disorders, and so on. Well, want to know the effects of smoking on pregnant women and fetuses?
There are about 9 problems that will occur in the fetus when c, namely : abruption, vasoconstriction, Baby Low Body Weight, Inhibit Intellectual Development of Children, Leukemia Risk, Risk of Asthma, Premature, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Allergies in Children.
A new study states that smoking during pregnancy can damage the blood vessels of the unborn child. Researchers from the Netherlands involving more than 250 children. When the children were 4 weeks old, great body and lung function measured. At the same time, their parents complete the questionnaire about the factors associated with smoking during pregnancy.
When the children were 5 years old, the researchers used ultrasound to measure the thickness and flexibility of the carotid artery, a major blood vessel in the neck that supply blood to the brain. The researchers also gather the latest information related to the activities of their parents smoked.
Carotid artery wall in children aged 5 years whose mothers smoked during pregnancy was 19 microns thicker and 15% stiffer than children whose mothers did not smoke during pregnancy.
If both parents smoked while the child is still in the womb, the child carotid artery nearly 28 microns thicker and 21% stiffer than children whose parents did not smoke during pregnancy. These changes indicate the damage to the blood vessels that can affect its function. However, the researchers found no effect when only the father of the child who smoke during pregnancy, or if the mother did not smoke until after delivery.
Smoking during pregnancy is bad for many reasons for the mother and for the children of course. Many women who quit smoking while knowing she was pregnant, but not all women are that way.
An editorial note states 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. smoke, and more than half of children show biochemical changes due to secondhand smoke exposure. And no known safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Completing another important scientific evidence to stop smoking, especially among the families with small children and those who are planning to have children.
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