Smoke Cleft Lip Risk Trigger

Women smokers should immediately stop these bad habits. The problem, sucking smoke cigarettes, especially during pregnancy, can increase the chances of their babies are born in a state of disability.

Research data shows, the risk of birth defects such as missing limbs or cleft lip was recorded 25 percent higher in pregnant women who smoke. Another reason to encourage women to quit smoking, experts from University College London, is a high risk of miscarriage and Infant Low Birth Weight (LBW).

In England and Wales, approximately 17 percent of women smoke during pregnancy. And in women under the age of 20 there is 45 percent.
Researchers now estimate, every year in England and Wales, there are hundreds of babies born with physical defects that are directly caused by their mother's smoking habits.

Every year in England and Wales about 3,700 babies are born with disabling conditions. The experts base their calculations on the 172 research papers published during the last 50 years, which saw the effects of birth defects seen in mothers who smoke.

The result is known that there are 174,000 cases of malformations and birth of a healthy 11.7 million. Also revealed that smoking may increase the risk of abnormal births. The possibility of babies born with missing or deformed limbs were 26 percent higher, and risk the possibility of having a cleft lip by 28%.

Similarly on other risks such as, legs bent 28 percent, gastrointestinal defects by 27 percent, 33 percent of skull defects, and eye defects 25 percent. Even a condition called gastrochisis (part of the stomach or intestines protruding skin) experienced the largest increase is 50 percent.

Professor Allan Hackshaw, as leader of this research revealed that many women who smoked during pregnancy did not know about this risk. "There is still a perception among some women that if you smoke your baby will be small and will facilitate the birth process," he said.

"But what is not appreciated is that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of lifelong disability on children," he added.

He said so far is still very little public education policy on the call of the risk of birth defects terkaitkan smoking habits. The information presented is also not specific.

"Now we have this evidence, the advice should be more explicit about the kinds of serious disabilities such as limb defects, and facial malformations, and gastrointestinal, and that babies in mothers who smoke during pregnancy will suffer," he explained.

Amanda Sandford of Action Smoking and Health stated, this study shows some of the worst results of smoking during pregnancy. "Smokers who are pregnant will be surprised to learn that due to the nicotine in cigarettes could cause eye or limb defects in their babies," he said.

"To raise awareness of this risk, pregnant women need to be given the support they need to help them quit smoking and stay quit postpartum," he said.

Sources:
BBC