rol social en los datos del consumo

Se debería informar mejor sobre el uso del alcohol en la población, dado que tiene impacto grave en el desarrollo del bebé, que pueden tener consecuencias físicas y congnitivas para toda su vida , cómo lo que puede generar el síndrome fetal durante el embarazo. 

The maternal consumption of cannabis during pregnancy can produce restrictions on fetal growth and lower birth weight, which is more noticeable with continuous exposure. In comparison with unexposed fetuses, there are reports of reduction in fetal weight gain of -14.44 g per week and skull circumference of -0.21 mm per week in exposed individuals (CONACE, 2010). The results from a recent meta-analysis (Gunn, 2016) also report an increase in the...

Research on this matter is scarce yet, mainly because generally the population that consumes these drugs does not have access to or does not attend regular health services (Hans, 1999 ; NICE, 2010). The in utero exposure to these substances produces a syndrome similar to FAS (microcephaly, craniofacial alterations, growth retardation, learning deficit, language, and locomotor coordination). Although it has not been possible to clarify whether it...

Jacqueline Rouquette (Rouquette, 1957) initially described this syndrome in 1957, during her stay at the Center for Child Hygiene of the Paul Park Foundation, in Paris. FAS is a significant cause of mental retardation worldwide (Evrard, 2010). Affected individuals characteristically show deficient or decreased growth and development, abnormal facial features and anomalies of the central nervous system. FAS is part of the spectrum of the fetal...

The use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs during pregnancy can produce many health and social problems for the mother and offspring. Pregnancy can also be an excellent opportunity for the future mother, her partner, and the other people with whom they live, to change their consumption patterns.

It is essential that health professionals who are in contact with and provide care to pregnant women, understand the complexity of the physical...