Lead Toxicity: Its Effects on Fetal and Infant Development

Lead toxicity: Influence on development of fetus and baby It has become an unlimited research field in recent years. Positive and negative correlations link their toxic effects to childhood developmental disorders and degeneration in adults. This review focuses on issues related to children. It includes various pathways for lead to enter the child's system including prenatal and postnatal, mechanisms used to cause lead malfunction, and several neurological deficits thought to be caused by lead exposure Will be discussed.

"Even during short-term exposure to contamination during pregnancy it has a major impact During the critical period of fetal and infant development contamination not only affects the survival rate of the fetus, but also chromosomes It also affects brain development Possibility I suffer from heart disease, cancer, brain disease, even autism "Although the infant mortality rate in Utah has not increased but some odd phenomena There is. In 2015, a dead group of infants at Quest Vernal asked questions about pollution. Utah is known as a mining and hydraulic crushing center. The surge rate of infant mortality rate is six times as much as usual, and famous midwife in this area is afraid that many dead people seem to be gathering at traffic intersections.

The cause of infant death leads directly to death. Environmental and social barriers impede access to basic medical resources, resulting in an increase in infant mortality, 99% of infant deaths occur in developing countries, 86% of which are infection, preterm birth, childbirth Infant mortality rate is the lowest in countries with low complications and perinatal asphyxia and infant mortality rates. A common cause can be prevented with low cost measures. In the United States, the main determinant of the risk of infant mortality is the birth weight of the infant, and the decrease in birth weight increases the infant mortality rate. Determinants of low birth weight include socio-economic, psychological, behavioral and environmental factors.