What complications are associated with smoking crack during pregnancy?
Crack and Pregnancy: • increased incidence of still births • increased incidence of miscarriages • premature (often fatal) labour and delivery • in males, the cocaine in crack may attach to the sperm causing damage to the cells of the foetus. • babies exposed to cocaine experience painful and life threatening withdrawal, are irritable, have poor ability to regulate their own body temperature and blood sugar and are at increased risk of having seizures. B) Effects of Crack on the Foetus: • seizures or strokes • cerebral palsy • mental retardation • vision and hearing impairments • urinary tract abnormalities • autism and learning disabilities If you have a problem with crack addiction, call Narconon drug rehab centre.
