Facial characteristics of fetal alcohol syndrome

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A more recent article on fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is available. To complement the Annual Clinical Focus on medical genomics, AFP will be publishing a series of short reviews on genetic syndromes. This series was designed to increase awareness of these diseases so that family physicians can recognize and diagnose children with these disorders and understand the kind of care they might require in the future. The second review in this series discusses fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD are caused by the effects of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASDs are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are preventable by avoiding alcohol.

Patient Presentation A year-old female comes to the developmental pediatric clinic for a second opinion about fetal alcohol syndrome, attention deficit disorder and school problems. Her academic difficulties began in the Head Start program and continue today with global academic problems. She also suffers from severe inattention in multiple settings.