Effect Of Smoking During Pregnancy

As we all know smoking can increased risk in lung cancer, cardiovascular and other disorder. Smoking during pregnancy of course will do harm to the health of the pregnant woman as well as her unborn baby. The effect of smoking during pregnancy the mother that give birth to babies may appear a variety of health problem including low birth weight, abnormal brain development that lead to hearing impairment and respiratory diseases. The risk of suffering from asthma has a higher probability. These health problem may affect through your whole life. However, according to a new research, the impact of smoking on pregnancy genetic susceptibility vary from person to person.

Abnormal Brain Development that lead to hearing impairment

A researchers from Yale University School of Medicine used diffusion tensor imaging technology to studies two groups of young people’s brains. The results showed that mother smoking during pregnancy or smoking in their adolescence are responsible for signal transmission to the ears of the brain. The researchers believe that this result shows that people in the adolescent stage of the brain are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of nicotine. The study also showed that mothers smoking during pregnancy and being smoking in their youth, more prone to hearing loss.

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What are some of the pregnancy complications associated with smoking cigarettes?

Some of the complications associated with cigarette smoking during pregnancy involve the foetal growth. Smoking has been shown to cause foetal growth restriction, meaning those foetuses will be smaller than they should be. Cigarette smoking is also associated with restriction of placental function, and as the placenta is the lifeline or the support for that foetus, cigarette smoking can cause impairment in placental function. Cigarette smoking also is associated with placental abruption, which is where the placenta is prematurely detached from the mother, and therefore that interferes with circulation to the foetus and can cause foetal death.

How will second-hand smoke exposure during pregnancy affect my baby?

Second-hand smoke during pregnancy is very detrimental to the developing fetus, and can result in similar problems as if the mother smoked herself. Those problems would include impairment of fetal growth. The toxic substances that the pregnant woman inhales by being around another smoker can also be detrimental, and can lead to other neurological problems for the fetus.