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Show IS MY BABY ALL RIGHT? Many Birth Defects Preventable Through Mothers Precautions ( Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles on birth defects, the leading childhood health problem, by Dr. Thomas M. Rivers, medical vice president of the National Foundation, noted pediatrician and dean of American vironmental conditions i.e., factors that are not hereditary but act upon the mother while the unborn child is being formed. They include mishaps, injuries and infections that are often preventable. , Virus Infections Foremost among these are cerThe causes of birth defects are tain virus infections. We know largely unknown, but one fact for instance, that the virus of has already been firmly estab- German measles, if it attacks a mother during the first three lished by medical science: The belief that all congenital months of pregnancy, may cause malformations are hereditary is a defective child. A heretofore untrue. This idea, with its im- unknown group of viruses only plication of parental taint and recently discovered by National guilt, needs urgently to be dis Foundation research grantees may have similar effects. pelled. Some birth defects can be pre Deficiencies in diet and nutrivented by precautions taken be- tion are another environmental' fore and during the mothers cause. A lack of proteins or cerpregnancy. Others can be rem- tain essential vitamins in the edied by modem surgery and the mother sometimes leads to malnew science of rehabilitation. Still formations in the growing emothers, physicians believe, may be bryo. Because of the widespread controlled within the foreseeable use of iodized salt in this country future as a result of such re- we rarely nowadays see infant search projects as are now be- malformations resulting from the ing financed with March of Dimes mothers iodine deficiency. But in funds by the National Foundation some areas of the world where (originally the National Founda- this precaution is not yet applied, tion for Infantile Paralysis). cretinous babies are not uncomBirth defects result from two mon. basic causes. Some of them, it Birth De'ect Causes 3. 4. Postpone operations under anesthesia untill after childbirth, if possible. At any rate, discuss . the problem thoroughly with your physician. treatAvoid extensive THE 1959 and SAVE x-r- ment Basic Precautions Page Seven SUN-ADVOCA- Thursday, January 22, 5. Shun powerful drugs, mediFinally, here are six simple cations and narcotics. that prospecevery precautions 6. Do not make abrupt changes This fear is often unfounded. In tive mother can take especially to high altitudes. many instances, by avoiding or during the crucial first three of Besides birth defects, other months pregnancy: remedying conditions responsible 1. Avoid exposure to German areas of March of Dimes activity for the original malformation, she are polio, arthritis and virus dismeasles. can subsequently produce healthy eases. 2. soil maternal good Develop and normal offspring. , a in rich diet (In the third and last article, proteins, by As soon as feasible, the Naa Dr. Rivers will discuss the hope vitamins and minerals tional Foundation will offer paprecaution that should start medical science holds out for birth tient aid for children through age in adolescence. defects in the futxtre.) SELL OLD NEWSPAPERS (No Magazines) WASTE PAPER SPAFFORD 1206 Back Salt Lake City St. CO. Phona EL Catdog Layaway SALE See the Tremendous 12 Page Section of huge Savings in the Sears Winter Sale Catalog. pre-Sens- is true, stem from heredity, deHere are still other agents acttermined by the genes. These ing on the mother that may inindeed pose a difficult problem in duce birth defects : though medical sciprevention or other Radiation from ence may, in the not too distant from sources. Injuries future, have much more to say treatment may occur particu about this matter which touches larly in the first weeks of emon the mystery of human life. bryo life when the mother may The second main group of birth not know that she is bearing .more themselves defects lend a child. readily to control. These are the Drugs and chemicals. Large encaused by defects doses of narcotics, alcohol and ra certain powerful chemicals or drugs may harm the unborn x-r- x-r- 18 with three specific kinds of birth defects involving the central nervous system: spina bifida, or open spine; encephalocele, open skull; and hydrocephalus, excess water in the cavities of the brain. ay lO'lb. 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Accidents, such as fall or injury and shock from auto collisions. Harm to the placenta (the system that provided food to the growing embryo) can produce serious kinds of infant malformation. Precautions against such harmful environmental factors should be taken especially during the first eight to 10 weeks after conception. For it is during this period, when the fertilized egg grows with enormous speed, that embryonic life is most vulnerable to damage. Shock Mars "Bud" Everyone has seen a bud blighted by disease or marred by insect ravage. When the bud unfolds, the flower is imperfect. The human bud, burgeoning within the shelter of the mothers frame, is even more delicate and complex. It too can be marred by what physicians call a shock or insult in those early days when it is first taking on the contours and lineament of a human being. In the first three weeks of embryonic life the rudiments of the spine take shape and the head begins to form. This is the time when insult may cause a malformed skull or open vertebrae. In the fifth and sixth weeks the eye lenses emerge and the face appears. This is the time when insult may cause blindness or harelip. In the seventh and eighth weeks the embryo, still less than two inches long, is growing a heart and lungs. This is the time when an insult may cause heart disease or other internal malformations. By the 10th week the infant is almost completely formed in miniature. Fear Often Unfounded is not uncommon to find a mother who feels that, having once had a malformed child, she should bear no other children. 235 lbs. Dual Building Permit Hike vs. $5. Nelson Royal 21$ lbs. Columbus, Ohio Legend has it that the youthful took a fancy to a young cam He carried it on his shoulders the fateverywhere he went. As full grown ted calf grew into athe strength bull, MILO developed necessary to keep it on his shoulders. MIGHTY MILO fears no man he in the world. 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