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[What are the other long-term consequences of maternal smoking during pregnancy?]
1Service de Pédiatrie, CHR de Metz, Hôpital Bon-Secours, 57038 Metz Cedex 1.
Abstract:
Maternal smoking during pregnancy has many consequences on the fetus, and later on the child. Excluding the increase in sudden infant death and psychomotor and cognitive development disorders, we focus here on other problems. Precocious adverse disturbance of lung function favor respiratory tract infections and asthma. Growth is impaired, principally an increased risk of obesity. Certain endocrine functions (thyroid, gonad and also pancreas) seem to be dysregulated. Fears exist about hemodynamic consequences. Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a public health problem for the offspring, and the risk is more likely if exposure persists after birth.
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