Medicine and Birth Defects
Introduction
Charlene is a lovely new mother with a clean-cut lifestyle, and wife is devoted to her husband Sebastin of 5 years. Even though she did everything the doctor instructed (including: taking certain medications, eating fresh organic food, and getting daily exercise), when she went to every check-up visit, both her calorie level and blood pressure was fine. Also, her blood pressure was reasonable, and she was extremely healthy. Her OB/GYN instructed her to take medications such as Paxil, Primidone, and Morphine. However, her world took a turn for the worst when her baby was born with several birth defects.
Birth defects are described as “problems that happened while a baby is growing during pregnancy” (March of Dimes). Birth defects can also cause damage mentally and physically; it may also cause an infant to die. Approximately one of thirty three babies is born with a birth defect every year (Pilari). In the continent of Europe, it is a possibility that the babies born will have a birth defect that will affect their existence here on earth (McLachlan). Majority of the birth defects a child has the chance of getting will be a deformity of the heart, spinal cord, or limbs (McLachlan). As stated by March of Dimes, there are many different things that can cause a child to have a birth defect.
Prescription drugs given to a woman, because of an illness they had prior to the pregnancy may cause a child to have a birth. When you consume medication it enters in to your blood stream, and navigates throughout your body. That is why it so effective. Therefore every medication your take, your baby is taking it also. Being that newborn babies are so young and the different parts of their body haven’t developed fully their bodies has a negative reaction to the medicine. Fact being that their immune system hasn’t developed fully in their body, their bodies can’t fight off the diseases. This means that the medication the mother has taken will still affect
Charlene is a lovely new mother with a clean-cut lifestyle, and wife is devoted to her husband Sebastin of 5 years. Even though she did everything the doctor instructed (including: taking certain medications, eating fresh organic food, and getting daily exercise), when she went to every check-up visit, both her calorie level and blood pressure was fine. Also, her blood pressure was reasonable, and she was extremely healthy. Her OB/GYN instructed her to take medications such as Paxil, Primidone, and Morphine. However, her world took a turn for the worst when her baby was born with several birth defects.
Birth defects are described as “problems that happened while a baby is growing during pregnancy” (March of Dimes). Birth defects can also cause damage mentally and physically; it may also cause an infant to die. Approximately one of thirty three babies is born with a birth defect every year (Pilari). In the continent of Europe, it is a possibility that the babies born will have a birth defect that will affect their existence here on earth (McLachlan). Majority of the birth defects a child has the chance of getting will be a deformity of the heart, spinal cord, or limbs (McLachlan). As stated by March of Dimes, there are many different things that can cause a child to have a birth defect.
Prescription drugs given to a woman, because of an illness they had prior to the pregnancy may cause a child to have a birth. When you consume medication it enters in to your blood stream, and navigates throughout your body. That is why it so effective. Therefore every medication your take, your baby is taking it also. Being that newborn babies are so young and the different parts of their body haven’t developed fully their bodies has a negative reaction to the medicine. Fact being that their immune system hasn’t developed fully in their body, their bodies can’t fight off the diseases. This means that the medication the mother has taken will still affect