Birth defect
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| Birth defect | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | Congenital disorder, congenital disease, congenital deformity, congenital anomaly[1] |
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| A boy wi Down syndrome, ane o the maist common birth defects[2] | |
| Specialty | Medical genetics, pediatrics |
| Symptoms | Pheesical disabeelity, intellectual disabeelity, developmental disabeelity[3] |
| Uisual onset | Present at birth[3] |
| Teeps | Structural, functional[4] |
| Causes | Genetics, exposur tae certain medications or chemicals, certaint infections in pregnancy[5] |
| Risk factors | Nae eneuch folic acid, drinkin alcohol or smeukin, puirly controlled diabetes, mother ower the age o 35[6][7] |
| Treatment | Therapy, medication, surgery, assistive technology[8] |
| Frequency | 3% of newborns (US)[2] |
| Daiths | 628,000 (2015)[9] |
A birth defect, kent as a congenital disorder an aw, is a condeetion present at birth regairdless o cause.[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Ruth A. Hannon (2010). Porth pathophysiology : concepts of altered health states (1st Canadian ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-60547-781-7.
- ↑ a b "Birth Defects". 15 December 2015. Retrieved 17 Januar 2016.
- ↑ a b c "Birth Defects: Condition Information". www.nichd.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "What are the types of birth defects?". www.nichd.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "What causes birth defects?". www.nichd.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "How many people are affected by/at risk for birth defects?". www.nichd.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "Facts Birth Defects". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in Inglis). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "What are the treatments for birth defects?". www.nichd.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death, Collaborators. (8 October 2016). "Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1459–1544. PMID 27733281.
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