Alcohol Affects The Child Before Birth

Alcohol Affects The Child Before Birth.
Children who are exposed to liquor before they are born are more seemly to have problems with their social skills, according to new research in Dec, 2013. Having a pamper who drank during pregnancy was also linked to significant emotional and behavioral issues, the study found. However, these kids weren't unavoidably less intelligent than others. The researchers, Justin Quattlebaum and Mary O'Connor of the University of California, Los Angeles, tell their findings point to an urgent necessary for the early detection and treatment of social problems in kids resulting from exposure to alcohol in the womb.

Early intervention could overstate the benefits since children's developing brains have the most "plasticity" - ability to substitution and adapt - as they learn, the study authors pointed out. The study, published online and in a modern print edition of Child Neuropsychology, involved 125 children between 6 and 12 years old. Of these kids, 97 met the criteria for a fetal hooch spectrum disorder.

The researchers assessed the children's judgement as well as their emotional, social and behavioral development. Children exposed to demon rum before birth had more social problems, even after the researchers took IQ into account. These children also had much reduce scores than other kids on a number of tests. For example, they were less able to connect sometime experience with present actions or understand why people do the things they do.

They also performed worse on tests of their organizational and planning skills, heed and working memory. Parents of these kids also reported that their children showed more inattentiveness, hyperactivity and immediate behavior. They were also more likely to have symptoms of depression, the authors illustrious in a journal news release climax usher letra y traduccion. Although the study tied a number of social, emotional and cogitative problems in children to their mothers' alcohol use during pregnancy, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.