Sentences with phrase «terms with a birth defect»

Come to terms with a birth defect is always a difficult experience for a parent.

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But sooner than we might think, the term «quality of life» will be cropping up in popular medical / ethical articles about people who are not dying but who have either been born with severe physical birth defects or have sustained severely debilitating injuries, such as quadraplegia.

I thought I would have a lifetime of expensive medication with unkown long - term side effects and that I would have to suffer with my disorder through pregnancy to avoid birth defects.

Most previous research into the heredity of autism has ignored a possible decision on the part of parents with affected children to reduce their subsequent child - bearing, a situation that occurs with some birth defects and has been termed «reproductive stoppage.»

Along with long - term health and quality - of - life consequences, raising a child with birth defects can be incredibly stressful and expensive for an individual and his or her family — with expenses including surgery, at - home care and transportation assistance.

alcohol - related birth defects (ARBD) A term coined by the Institute of Medicine in 1996 that is used to describe a type of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) affecting individuals with confirmed maternal alcohol use and one or more congenital defects, including heart, bone, kidney, vision, or hearing abnormalities.