Question

Alcohol consumption among first-time mothers and the risk of preterm birth: a cohort study

you will be relating course concepts to your own personal experiences, sharing personal opinions and viewpoints, and engaging with course concepts and materials at a deeper, more reflective level. Approach these activities as (a) an opportunity to reflect upon and apply what you learn each week, and (b) an opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise based on your educational and professional experiences in the past.

Answer 1

The relationship between Alcohol consumption and preterm delivery has been conducted as a part of the cohort study...preterm delivery is the main cause for maternal mortality and functional abnormalities. Study compared more risk when women take two drinks per week during late pregnancy and other report says the risk of alcohol intake 4 to 10 drinks per week. With two perspectives study adverse effects found during the 10 drinks per week or daily alcohol consumption...another study revealed significant risk at 21 intakes of alcohol per week with very preterm delivery occurs before 32 weeks. low alcohol consumption(moderate) has a lower risk for preterm delivery because most of the people take moderate alcohol consumption than a heavy one...
cohort study conducted a survey with pregnant women weeks between 6 to 10 weeks during their antenatal visit, they collected the information with informed consent. cohort study included women under permanent resident having the intention to have a full-term pregnancy, well participate women with the same language through phone interview was done...first pregnancy interview during their 12 and 16 weeks with blood sample collection done...around 40,897 women selected. Question revealed with how many glasses of beer, wine, spirit, and alcohol they take per week...Alcohol consumption they categorized as nondrinkers, 1-1.5 drinks, 2-3.5drinks, 4-6.5drinks, 7 or more drinks per week...Telephone interview based confound that spontaneous attention, prior preterm delivery, type 1 diabetes, bleeding disorder, occupation, education, skills, students, economic, age, height and weight, coffee consumption and smoking habits. the study revealed alcohol consumption below focus drinks per week at risk include intake of 2 to 4 drinks per week, women who had 7 drinks had more risk...risk factors of physical condition, age, smoking, coffee consumption not affected with the result. Cohort Study found an increased risk of drinks at a daily consumption of alcohol than 4 drinks and 2 drinks per week in a large prospective study. A group of women who consumes 4 drinks per week does not reach the blood alcohol level... The daily behavior of alcohol consumption at the highest risk of preterm delivery. Mechanism of action due to increase production of prostaglandin due to alcohol intake...blood sample found more level of prostoglandin...alcohol can interfere with the normal growth of a fetus and cause birth defects and preterm birth.
when women drink alcohol it goes through placenta to the fetus through bloodstream that time fetus liver not fully formed to have metabolise the alcohol, it depends on mother liver to metabolize the alcohol, that time fetus lack with oxygen and nutrient to grow their brain and organs...white matter in brain responsible for function and processing information, white matter so sensitive to alcohol,it affect the fetus development due to white matter interference