Alcohol Addiction and its Impact in Canada: A Study on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
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Alcohol addiction and its impact in Canada
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is inclusive of a number of harmful
symptoms which occurs in newborns due to consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.Cases
of prenatal exposure to alcohol might have caused various health complications for the
development of the foetus along with the mother including FASD.Studies have been
conducted for estimation of the prevalence of alcohol useduring pregnancy and FASD
general populations in Canada. The prevalence of diseases like FASD have been found to be
almost 38 and 16 times higher than the normal rates of 5 per 1000 in general populations in
aboriginal populations in Canada. The estimates of the prevalence of FASD have been found
to be at alarming levels which needs strict monitoring through the implementation of national
prevalence as well as surveillance strategies (Popova et al.,2017).
Effect of FASD on the mind, body, behaviour of a person
FASD has been found to have a distinct effect on the mind of people. People and
children often exhibit poor social judgement of others which is reflected in their failure to
detect as well as resist various risky manipulations along with the various temptations and
pressures which are generally offered to them. Such kind of manipulations are inclusive of
pseudo factual hypothetical statements which are mostly lies. Due to the limitations in neuro-
cognitive functions, they are easily manipulated by others. Another cognitive trait which has
been found to be prevalent among people with FASD is suggestibility (Greenspan & Driscoll,
2016). According to Caputo, Wood & Jabbour (2016), studies conducted have shown that
brain is the most affected part of diseases like FASD. In addition to it, prenatal alcohol
diseases leads to the development of various abnormalities within various parts of the human
body like the kidney,livers, heart, gastrointestinal tract as well as the endocrine systems.
Alcohol addiction and its impact in Canada
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is inclusive of a number of harmful
symptoms which occurs in newborns due to consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.Cases
of prenatal exposure to alcohol might have caused various health complications for the
development of the foetus along with the mother including FASD.Studies have been
conducted for estimation of the prevalence of alcohol useduring pregnancy and FASD
general populations in Canada. The prevalence of diseases like FASD have been found to be
almost 38 and 16 times higher than the normal rates of 5 per 1000 in general populations in
aboriginal populations in Canada. The estimates of the prevalence of FASD have been found
to be at alarming levels which needs strict monitoring through the implementation of national
prevalence as well as surveillance strategies (Popova et al.,2017).
Effect of FASD on the mind, body, behaviour of a person
FASD has been found to have a distinct effect on the mind of people. People and
children often exhibit poor social judgement of others which is reflected in their failure to
detect as well as resist various risky manipulations along with the various temptations and
pressures which are generally offered to them. Such kind of manipulations are inclusive of
pseudo factual hypothetical statements which are mostly lies. Due to the limitations in neuro-
cognitive functions, they are easily manipulated by others. Another cognitive trait which has
been found to be prevalent among people with FASD is suggestibility (Greenspan & Driscoll,
2016). According to Caputo, Wood & Jabbour (2016), studies conducted have shown that
brain is the most affected part of diseases like FASD. In addition to it, prenatal alcohol
diseases leads to the development of various abnormalities within various parts of the human
body like the kidney,livers, heart, gastrointestinal tract as well as the endocrine systems.
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Effects of alcohol spectrum of foetuses include various behavioral as well as cognitiveresults
along with growth deficits as well as facial anomalies. Facial anomalies involve
midface,hypoplasia, palpebral fissures, indistinct as well as broad philthrum, epicanthal folds
as well as thin upper lips and left plates. Growth deficiencies may be characterized by low
birth weight in comparison to the gestational age (Young et al.,2014). Proballistic
tactography and related structural studies have observed reduced behavioural test scores as
well as decreased inter-hemispheric connectivity and functional MRI which affects the
connectivity in brains(Taylor et al.,2015). Diseases like FASD have been known to affect the
cellular development processes inclusive of cellular processes like cell differentiation, cell
migration, cell determination, synaptic formation, naturally occurring cell death as well as
synaptic pruning. Thus alcohol exposure might affect the neural functioning as well as
behaviour afterwards in life (Terasaki, Gomez & Schwarz,2016). Behavioural impairments
have been prevalent among people suffering from FASD like predominance in attention,
change in academic performance, disruption in the conduct as well as behavioural disorders
alongside social judgement. Apart from the primary behavioural changes, secondary
conditions which have been found to be connected to FASD involve psychiatric illness,
difficulty in attending school, having trouble with the rules and regulations of law,
psychiatric illnesses and their prevalence, placement in psychiatric hospitals and related
confined settings, inappropriate sexual behaviour as well as instances of substance abuse
(Tsang et al.,2016). Children with FASD also have been shown to be slower in reflecting
orientive responses as well as exhibit various limitations in associative learning
(Kodituwakku & Koditowakku, 2014).According to Chabenne et al., (2014), the most
difficult area of the studies on FASD is foetuses affected during pregnancy as children
suffering from FASD are difficult to diagnose, treat as well as confirm whether there has
been cases of alcohol consumption among pregnant mothers. Maternal risk factors involved
Effects of alcohol spectrum of foetuses include various behavioral as well as cognitiveresults
along with growth deficits as well as facial anomalies. Facial anomalies involve
midface,hypoplasia, palpebral fissures, indistinct as well as broad philthrum, epicanthal folds
as well as thin upper lips and left plates. Growth deficiencies may be characterized by low
birth weight in comparison to the gestational age (Young et al.,2014). Proballistic
tactography and related structural studies have observed reduced behavioural test scores as
well as decreased inter-hemispheric connectivity and functional MRI which affects the
connectivity in brains(Taylor et al.,2015). Diseases like FASD have been known to affect the
cellular development processes inclusive of cellular processes like cell differentiation, cell
migration, cell determination, synaptic formation, naturally occurring cell death as well as
synaptic pruning. Thus alcohol exposure might affect the neural functioning as well as
behaviour afterwards in life (Terasaki, Gomez & Schwarz,2016). Behavioural impairments
have been prevalent among people suffering from FASD like predominance in attention,
change in academic performance, disruption in the conduct as well as behavioural disorders
alongside social judgement. Apart from the primary behavioural changes, secondary
conditions which have been found to be connected to FASD involve psychiatric illness,
difficulty in attending school, having trouble with the rules and regulations of law,
psychiatric illnesses and their prevalence, placement in psychiatric hospitals and related
confined settings, inappropriate sexual behaviour as well as instances of substance abuse
(Tsang et al.,2016). Children with FASD also have been shown to be slower in reflecting
orientive responses as well as exhibit various limitations in associative learning
(Kodituwakku & Koditowakku, 2014).According to Chabenne et al., (2014), the most
difficult area of the studies on FASD is foetuses affected during pregnancy as children
suffering from FASD are difficult to diagnose, treat as well as confirm whether there has
been cases of alcohol consumption among pregnant mothers. Maternal risk factors involved
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