Good morning friends. All pregnant mothers out there, in case you are not aware, smoking is not good to your child when you are pregnant. Maybe you don’t know what will be the circumstances of it, but at least you should be aware. Don’t let the life of your child be at stake.
Smoking during pregnancy reduces blood flow to the developing fetus and, in turn, retards growth, new research suggests.
Infants born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy have lower birth weights." "But this study provides a possible explanation of why there is restricted blood flow to the fetus."
According to a report in the medical journal Circulation, compared with newborns of non-smokers and ex-smokers, those of smokers weighed less, had smaller head sizes, and were shorter.
Smoking was associated with a 47 per cent drop in the fetus in levels of a key protein that helps blood vessels to relax and blood flow to increase called endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). "The study is one of the first to show a biochemical measurement of what is going on to cause the lower birth weight."
Smoking was also associated with an 18 per cent reduction in plasma levels of "good" HDL cholesterol in the fetus.
In terms of future research, hopes were expected to determine whether compromised blood vessel function in fetuses of smokers translates into atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) later in life.
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