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Offers health resources on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), including disorders such as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND), alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD), and fetal alcohol effects (FAE). Provides information on the risks of alcohol during pregnancy, and the possible lifelong physical effects, mental effects, behavioral and/or learning disabilities.
There's a lot to know about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or FASD. Here are answers to some of the questions often asked about FASD.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can seriously harm an unborn baby. Each year in Canada, it is estimated that nine babies in every 1,000 are born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The birth defects and developmental disabilities that result from FASD are preventable by avoiding alcohol during pregnancy.
Source: Health Canada
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the medical diagnosis used to describe a combination of abnormalities that result from the mother drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Source: Canadian Health Network
FASD is the umbrella term used to describe the range of defects and disabilities that are caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause permanent birth defects and brain damage to a baby.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD),a serious condition that can affect a child throughout life.
Source: Canadian Paediatric Society
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe a range of disabilities that may affect people whose mothers drank alcohol while they were pregnant.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Presents facts about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and emphasizes that no amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy.
Source: Government of Manitoba - Manitoba Health
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the overall term currently used to describe the entire range of disabilities, birth defects, etc. associated with damages resulting from alcohol use by a mother during pregnancy.
Source: Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a term used to describe birth defects caused by the drinking of alcohol during pregnancy and nursing.
Source: Health Canada
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