Drinking by pregnant women is the main cause of mental retardation in newborns

　　Scientists from the University of Madrid in Spain recently pointed out that if genetic factors are excluded, drinking alcohol during pregnancy may cause fetus The main cause of mental retardation, and abstinence from alcohol is the only way to prevent it.

　　Scientists believe that women are well aware of the dangers of smoking during pregnancy to the fetus, but they do not fully understand that drinking alcohol during pregnancy is more harmful to the fetus than smoking. Drinking during pregnancy has been described as "a great tragedy". According to statistics from the U.S. medical community, 1 in 500 newborns is mentally retarded because of their mother's drinking during pregnancy.

　　To this end, scientists from the University of Madrid not only advise pregnant women to stop drinking, but also ask doctors not to promote the benefits of small amounts of alcohol to pregnant women. There were some Gynecology Doctors believe that drinking a small amount of alcohol is not only harmful, but also beneficial. The mistake of these gynecologists is that they regard drinking a small amount of alcohol, especially red wine, as a Grape Alcohol on cardiovascular disease healthy The benefits are confused with the effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy on fetal development. “The mother is an incubator,” and no matter how much she drinks, it lowers the IQ of her fetus. For this reason, pregnant women should not smoke or drink alcohol and take vitamin B9 every day.

　　Scientists emphasize that in order to protect the health of the fetus, pregnant women should not drink alcohol from the moment they give up contraceptive measures, because many pregnant women do not know what changes have happened to themselves until seven or eight weeks into pregnancy. All organs of the fetus develop and take shape within 8 weeks of pregnancy. Mental retardation and congenital malformations of appearance are most likely to occur during this period.