Can and How iz fetal alcohol syndrome treated?

Answer 1

For starters:

"During the early years, the focus of treatment should be on establishing healthy parent/child relationships, motor and language development and sensory processing development. Medical and nutritional needs should be monitored as well. Meeting the caretakers needs is important also. Parents are often overwhelmed with the enormous job of caring for these children. Parent education and support, as well as respite services for families, is essential to maintaining positive parent/child relationships and stability in the home setting. These services must be available to foster and adoptive parents as well as the natural parent."

Check the website for further information on treatment options. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Wow, tough question.
First off the best way to prevent it is for the mother not to drink at all, no matter what, during pregnancy. You may get some people telling you it is ok to have red wine, or a drink once in a while, in all due respect, coming from an indivdual in the medical community, that is a load of horse crap. Just as every finger print is different, so too is the metabolism and the way a fetus grows inside a human being. That one drink could be the downfall.
If a child is already diagnosed with FAS, you will have a very long road ahead of you. Depending on the amount of damage done, FAS kids are prone to severe aggression, violenve, and homicidal tendencies. There is going to be a degree of cognitive disabilities as well as the possibility of facial and body disformities. In the worst case scenario a child may be born in a vegetable like state.
Drugs and alcohol are nothing to mess with when pregnant. All it takes is one drink and no matter what anyone else says, it only takes one drink. The clinical studies on the disease support that.
Think of it this way, when a woman drinks when she is pregnant, she is playing Russian Roulette, only difference is the gun is fully loaded.
Treatment is difficult and it usually involves in house treament after a few years. The majority of the time, parents will leave their child with someone or in an organization that is equipped to handle children with FAS.

Answer 3

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of birth defects, learning, and behavioral problems affecting individuals whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy.


There is no treatment for FAS that will reverse or change the physical features or brain damage associated with maternal alcohol use during the pregnancy. Most of the birth defects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure are correctable with surgery. Children should have psychoeducational evaluation to help plan appropriate educational interventions. Common associated diagnoses such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, depression, or anxiety should be recognized and treated appropriately. The disabilities that present during childhood persist into adult life. However, some of the secondary disabilities mentioned above may be avoided or lessened by early and correct diagnosis, better understanding of the life-long complications of FAS, and intervention. Streissguth has describe a model in which an individual affected by FAS has one or more advocates to help provide guidance, structure and support as the individual seeks to become independent, successful in school or employment, and develop satisfying social relationships.

Answer 4

I didn't think it could be treated as in "cured", the damage is done while the baby is in the womb.

Answer 5

You should not drink when you are expecting. there's no cure for it.