Fetal Alchol Syndrome

ENGLISH 102 COMPOSITION II
2MAY 2002 - 22 AUG 2002
ESSAY 4
THE HANGOVER THAT LASTS A LIFETIME
1 June 2002
Fetal alcohol syndrome is often called the hangover that lasts a lifetime. The only cause of fetal alcohol syndrome is women who drink during pregnancy. This affects the development of the fetus causing physical malformations and central nervous system deficiencies. For physicians, diagnosing fetal alcohol syndrome can be difficult if alcohol use by the mother is either not suspected or not known. Regardless of whether or not fetal alcohol syndrome is diagnosed when the ba…