{"id":330,"date":"2014-02-18T12:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T12:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalnext.me\/nccblog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:22:06","slug":"fasd-something-aware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/fasd-something-aware\/","title":{"rendered":"FASD &#8211; Is it something we should be more aware of?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) describes a range of conditions caused by exposure to alcohol by a developing fetus.<!--more--> The range of disorders vary from the most recognised foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), where<br \/>\nphysical signs are obvious, to problems with behaviour and the brain with no obvious external physical signs (alcohol related neurodevelopmental disorders [ARND]).2,3 This selective review will give an overview of many of the clinically relevant areas of FASD, including diagnostic difficulties, epidemiology, risk, knowledge among the<br \/>\ngeneral public, cognitive profiles and secondary disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Diagnostic Isssues in FAS and FASD<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The diagnostic elements of FAS are made up of three facial features (short palpebral fissures, elongated and\u00a0flattened philtrum and a thin upper lip vermillion), pre and postnatal growth deficits (below the tenth percentile),\u00a0neurocognitive deficits and a history \u00a0of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It is only in the case of\u00a0FAS that confirmation of alcohol consumption is not required for the diagnosis.1,2 Timing is also important for<br \/>\ndiagnosis. When a child is still very young, features such as brain damage or developmental delay may not be\u00a0obvious, while even at birth there may be signs of the distinct facial features, growth problems and evidence of\u00a0maternal alcohol exposure. However, without the central nervous system (CNS) deficits, which are not always\u00a0obvious at birth, a diagnosis of FAS is not valid. Despite this, a possible diagnosis, in anticipation of potential\u00a0cognitive findings as a child grows older, should be noted and followed up.<\/p>\n<p>To read this journal article in full<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rcpe.ac.uk\/journal\/issue\/journal_42_2\/mukherjee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>NCC Home Learning have produced a number of FASD titles in partnership with the charity FASawareUK:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/foetalalcoholspectrumdisordersfasd-product-398.html?cat=\">Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/foetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-fasd-and-the-criminal-justice-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These courses are ideal for anyone who may work with individuals with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder or anyone wishing to know more about FASD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) describes a range of conditions caused by exposure to alcohol by a developing fetus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childcare","category-healthcare"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/featured-image-test-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Nick Cooper","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/author\/nccnickcooper\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41646,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/41646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}