![]() Complete abstinence during pregnancy is recommended, since alcohol consumption in each trimester has been associated with abnormalities, and the lowest innocuous dose of alcohol is not known. Baby Girl Genitals: In the beginning your baby girl will appear to have unusually large labia (the lips at the vaginal opening) and may have breast buds. Atrial and ventricular septal defects, as well as renal hypoplasia, bladder diverticula and other genitourinary tract abnormalities, may occur. Sensory deficits include optic nerve hypoplasia, poor visual acuity, hearing loss, and receptive and expressive language delays. Mild mental retardation, the most common and serious deficit, and a variety of other anomalies may accompany fetal alcohol syndrome. and legs will flex (contract), extend (straighten out), and tremor (shake). Myoclonus is a movement disorder involving very quick. ![]() Newborns with the syndrome may be irritable, with hypotonia, severe tremors and withdrawal symptoms. These may range from gagging, lip smacking, running, screaming, crying. Unlike most other movement disorders, children can sometimes consciously suppress tremors. Evidence of intrauterine or postnatal growth retardation, mental retardation or other neurologic abnormalities, and at least two of the typical facial features are necessary to make the diagnosis. In this case the jitteriness was associated with irritability, low grade fever, and difficulty. The most notable features of fetal alcohol syndrome involve the face and eyes, and include microcephaly, short palpebral fissures, an underdeveloped philtrum and a thin upper lip. This infant had severe, persistent jitteriness on exam.
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