How Do You Know If You or Your Child Has an FASD?

These symptoms may also occur in children without FASD, but you will notice that "typical" child rearing does not change the behavior of children exposed to alcohol before birth.

If you believe that you and your child are suffering from FASD, please see the screening and diagnosis page. Or visit our resource directory and find the resources you need close by.

I drink alcohol. During pregnancy, known amounts of alcohol are not safe for women. If you drink alcohol during pregnancy, your child may have been born in lifetime fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD). Children with FASD may have physical, behavioral, and learning problems. Abuse of Prescription Drugs If you are taking prescription medications, please carefully follow the instructions of your health care provider. It is dangerous to take more medications than you think, use them to make it higher, or take other medicine. For example, abuse of opioids causes birth defects, withdrawal of infants, even even the loss of infants.

Alcohol may hurt your baby at any stage of pregnancy. This includes the earliest stages even before you know that you are pregnant. Drinking during pregnancy causes a group of diseases called fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Children born at FASD may have various problems such as medical, behavioral, educational and social problems. The problems they encounter depend on the type of FASD they have. This problem may include FASD with a lifetime. FASD can not cure, but treatment can help. These include medicines that help solve specific symptoms, health care for health problems, behavioral and educational measures, and parent training. A good treatment plan is for children's problems. It should include close monitoring, follow-up and changes as necessary

If you or your doctor think that there is a problem, please introduce the doctor to a specialist such as a developing pediatrician, a child psychologist, a clinical geneticist (a person who knows FASD). In some cities, clinic staff received special training on the diagnosis and treatment of children's FASD. To find doctors and clinics in your area, please visit the National and State Resource Directory of National Fecal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS). When you ask a doctor to introduce a specialist call the early intervention program of your state or territory and seek a free evaluation to determine if your child can get help Please give me. This is sometimes called a "child search" evaluation. There is no need to wait for doctor's introduction or medical diagnosis to call this number.