Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that Zika virus is indeed the reason for microcephaly and
other birth defects among babies born to Zika - infected mothers.
Not exact matches
Among them are miscarriage, premature
birth (and therefore being too small to survive outside of a mother's body), problems with the pregnancy (i.e. preeclampsia, high blood pressure, problems with the placenta, and infections),
birth defects (i.e. chromosomal conditions, fragile x syndrome, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, and
others), stillbirth, and SIDS.
Here's a statistic that every parent needs to know: According to the Centers for Disease Control, drowning is responsible for more deaths
among children ages 1 - 4 than any
other cause except
birth defects.
Some of the severe manifestations and complications associated with Zika disease include fetal loss, microcephaly and
other birth defects, and the potential for delayed mental and physical effects
among infected babies born in apparent good health.
A research team led by Jeanne Mager Stellman of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University reported in April that the herbicides used to defoliate battle zones contained two to four times the previously reported levels of dioxin, a poison linked to a high incidence of prostate cancer, diabetes,
birth defects, and
other ailments
among American veterans, the Vietnamese, and their descendants.
The included
birth defects were based primarily on case reports of outcomes occurring in association with Zika virus infection during pregnancy; there is more evidence for some of these
birth defects than for
others, and a causal link has not been established for all.5,10,12,21 - 27 Because much of the focus to date has been on microcephaly and brain abnormalities, data were summarized in 2 mutually exclusive categories: (1) brain abnormalities with or without microcephaly regardless of the presence of additional
birth defects and (2) neural tube
defects and
other early brain malformations, eye abnormalities, and
other consequences of central nervous system dysfunction
among those without evident brain abnormalities or microcephaly.
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among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth.16 Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and
other birth defects.17 Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure.
After the plaintiff's mother gave
birth to her child, he was diagnosed with serious
birth defects and disabilities, including cerebral palsy, developmental delays, microcephaly, and ventricular asymmetry,
among other conditions.