Introduction Fetal alcohol syndrome occurs when a mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy. Consumption of alcohol during pregnancy can affect vision, hearing, memory or attention span, abilities to learn and communication of the child. During the first 12 months the children find it difficult because of their learning difficulties, poor memory and behavioural issues. The damage that occurs from the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is permanent, and one out of every 750 children born has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, although this is not accurate because many people go through their lives not knowing they are affected. Although a child can’t be diagnosed officially until 3 years of age it is almost always obvious that a child has been affected. Some children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome only have a mild diagnoses where as others have a more serious diagnoses this is why the name has changed to alcohol spectrum. The cause of F.A.S is alcohol passing across the placenta to the fetus which leads to damaging cells in the central nervous system, the damage results in faults in developing brain structures. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is more likely to occur during the first 3 months of pregnancy because most mothers aren't aware they are pregnant during this time.
What they look like with the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome