Smoking babies ultrasound
Smoking babies ultrasound, Yes, they mind if you smoke. Unborn babies grimace and cover their faces inside the womb of their smoking mothers, high-definition scans released by researchers reveal, demonstrating the harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy.
The powerful images revealed Monday add to existing evidence that smoking is harmful to unborn babies, say researchers at Lancaster and Durham universities in England.
“Technology means we can now see what was previously hidden, revealing how smoking affects the development of the fetus in ways we did not realize,” Lancaster University professor Brian Francis said.
Fetuses inside smoking mothers have a higher rate of mouth and facial movement, suggesting a slower developed central nervous system, new research shows.
“This is yet further evidence of the negative effects of smoking in pregnancy,” Francis said.
Lighting up during pregnancy can also cause tissue damage in unborn babies, especially in the lung and brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also leads to more miscarriages and premature births.
Previous studies found a delay in speech processing abilities in infants exposed to tobacco, the researchers said.
Twenty fetuses were observed for the study through 4-D ultrasound scans between 24 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Four of them belonged to mothers who smoked an average of 14 cigarettes a day, while the others were carried by non-smoking mothers.
All of them were born healthy, according to the study, which was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.
But more work needs to be done to fully determine the effects of smoking, researchers said.
“A larger study is needed to confirm these results and to investigate specific effects, including the interaction of maternal stress and smoking,” lead researcher Dr. Nadja Reissland from Durham University said.
The powerful images revealed Monday add to existing evidence that smoking is harmful to unborn babies, say researchers at Lancaster and Durham universities in England.
“Technology means we can now see what was previously hidden, revealing how smoking affects the development of the fetus in ways we did not realize,” Lancaster University professor Brian Francis said.
Fetuses inside smoking mothers have a higher rate of mouth and facial movement, suggesting a slower developed central nervous system, new research shows.
“This is yet further evidence of the negative effects of smoking in pregnancy,” Francis said.
Lighting up during pregnancy can also cause tissue damage in unborn babies, especially in the lung and brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also leads to more miscarriages and premature births.
Previous studies found a delay in speech processing abilities in infants exposed to tobacco, the researchers said.
Twenty fetuses were observed for the study through 4-D ultrasound scans between 24 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Four of them belonged to mothers who smoked an average of 14 cigarettes a day, while the others were carried by non-smoking mothers.
All of them were born healthy, according to the study, which was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.
But more work needs to be done to fully determine the effects of smoking, researchers said.
“A larger study is needed to confirm these results and to investigate specific effects, including the interaction of maternal stress and smoking,” lead researcher Dr. Nadja Reissland from Durham University said.
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