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The most common teratogens are prescirption and nonprescirption drugs, illegal drugs, tobacco, alcohol, radiation, enviromental pollution, and ifectiouse dieseas.Teratogens being any enviromental agent that causes damage during prenatal period. All these factiories have a wide variety of effects to them. However, some may be similar in some ways withe the effect. To being with perscription and nonprescription drugs, which can cause low birth weight, misscarage, and prematurity. Which, is always important that when pregnant that you consault your docctor before you take any mediction. Even, if it is something a simple as asprin or even drinking to much caffine is harmful to the fetus. Futhermore, illegal drugs, which tend to include herione and cocaine. They can also include methadone, and can cause the baby when born to have trouble sleeping and …show more content…

The number of problems can include breathing difficulties, low bith weight, permaturiy and even death around birth. As the child counties the develop the can have slow motor and attentive developemnts.

Likewise, tobacco and alcohold can have similar to the same affects as illegal drugs. Tobbaco, even thought the percentage has been lowered over the past few years, pregnant women still do smoke. However, there is a possiblity to reduce the problems with the fetus by stop smoking during the third trimester. Even is second hand smoke, expecting mother should try to avoid these areas at all cost, or can reslut in there fetus with a cleft lip, or palate, blood vesssel abnormalities, prematurity,childhood cancer and infant death. When it comes to alcohol, pregant women should not drink at all, even if it a small amount it has shown the reduce head size. Therefore, if the mother drank while preganant, the baby is characterized under

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