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Smoking during pregnancy
Can I smoke while pregnant?
Smoking is absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy.
If you are trying to conceive would be good to quit as soon as possible, or if in your case, you got pregnant unexpectedly and sustained smoking is good for your baby to give up this habit in the very moment you learned you were going to be a mom.
Maternal consumption of snuff can lead to important implications and complications to the baby.
During pregnancy:
• Perinatal mortality: is higher in infants of smokers. It suggests a direct relationship to the level of consumption of snuff: the greater the consumption the greater risk.
• fetal weight at birth: babies born underweight which means that probably their lungs are fully developed and must use the first few days on a ventilator.
• Complications during pregnancy such as placenta previa, ectopic pregnancy, vaginal bleeding and preterm delivery.
After birth:
• Breastfeeding: it is proven that nicotine passes into breast milk.
• Sudden death: the children of parents who smoke are at greater risk. No one should smoke in the home, car or wherever you are baby.
• Respiratory diseases of childhood: the children of mothers who smoke tend to have more respiratory infections and asthma.
Smoking During Pregnancy Harms the Grandchildren
That smoking during pregnancy can harm the fetus at this point is something already obvious, given by all. However, a study by the Environmental Health Unit in collaboration with The Arrixaca La Fe de Valencia goes further: the nicotine in snuff could have bad consequences for two generations.
Why? In girls, the ova are formed while in the womb. These eggs are affected by snuff, so that increases cancer risk not only in the fetus, but the children that this person has in the future.
The study is not new (‘The Truth’ and he reported in 2008) but has now achieved new impact through publication in a prestigious scientific journal: the Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. ”
Between 2001 and 2005 doctors evaluated 128 children born with cancer. In 65% of cases, the father, mother or both were smokers.
The pediatrician Juan Antonio Ortega, La Arrixaca, has directed this ambitious study, funded by the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), and the physicians who participated La Fe (Valencia), Madrid’s Hospital and Mount Sinai New York.
The researchers conclude that the relationship between snuff and childhood cancer is much closer than previously thought, warning that the consequences go beyond the fetus, leading to the next generation, which can be inherited cancer markers.
“Exposure to snuff can make the egg” of the fetus, which in future will lead to the grandson, said Dr. Juan Antonio Ortega. Carcinogens of snuff may also affect sperm, say the authors of this study conducted from La Arrixaca.
Snuff and Pregnancy
Two totally incompatible situations
Smoking during pregnancy is a serious issue with important implications for maternal and fetal health
Tobacco use is associated with several severe diseases, especially heart disease, various cancers and stroke. He is also well correlated with mortality from all causes.
While in industrialized countries, smoking prevalence is stable or tends to decline in developing nations this addiction is increasing, especially in women.
Situation in the Río de la Plata
According to data obtained from surveys conducted between 2001 and 2004, two of the countries with the highest percentage of women smokers in Latin America are Argentina and Uruguay. It should also be noted that Argentina is among the world producers of snuff and, paradoxically, many provinces receive government subsidies to facilitate the industry.
It is important to know this information linked to the growth rates of smoking among women to promote cessation of snuff, especially in patients of reproductive age. The smoking habits during pregnancy endanger the mother’s health and particularly that of the fetus. Read the rest of this entry »