Drugs and Pregnancy
Although it seems hard to believe, 90 percent of women use some type of drug during pregnancy, from prescription to nonprescription drugs or illegal.
Just as the nutrients required by the fetus comes to him through the placenta, so does any drugs or drug, and while the mother's blood does not mix with the fetus, any existing molecule in the blood the first is received by the second. The consumption of drugs causes a rate of 2 / 3 percent of congenital anomalies.
Drug consumption in pregnancy may cause fetal death, in the smaller cases, multiple lesions and abnormal development, meaning that the creature does not evolve as originally dictated their genes.
Among the consequences of using drugs during pregnancy are:
- "Altering the functionality of the placenta: the blood vessels constrict, restricting the normal passage of oxygen and nutrients.
- "Uterine contractions in muscles, injuries to the fetus due to insufficient blood.
- "Anomalous effects on the mother, indirectly affect the embryo.
- The harmful consequences of a drug are a function of fetal age, and of course, class and power of the drug used.