Jakarta. Many pregnant women who do not smoke but were affected due to frequent exposure to cigarette smoke from the surroundings. Though there are 10 hazards that occur when pregnant women exposed by cigarettes smoke.

Pregnant women exposed to secondhand smoke both from co-workers, the environment or family member may pose certain risks.

Subject to the condition of pregnant women who smoke cigarettes without actually realizing it affect the pregnancy and the fetus she is carrying.

Chemical compounds found in cigarettes can get into the pregnant woman’s body and poison the fetus.

In a study reported at the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington said that the compounds that enter it may cause genetic damage that can later become a beginning for leukemia or other cancers.

Researchers from the University of Louisville analyzed that there are 3 carcinogen (cancer-triggering compounds) from the tobacco can get into the body of the mother and her baby namely benzo (a) pyrene, 4-aminobiphenil and acrylonitrile.

In addition to causing cancer, pregnant women exposed to secondhand smoke can also cause other hazards, as quoted from CDC.gov and Telegraph, Thursday (05/19/2011), namely:

  1. Cigarette smoke can cause premature death in babies who are conceived and cause disease when the baby is born
  2. Risk of having babies with low birth weight (LBW) due to the toxins in cigarettes can impede blood flow which is a source of nutrition for infants
  3. Cigarette smoke can increase the risk of babies dying from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) compared with infants not exposed to smoke
  4. Increases the risk of babies exposed to bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and slow the growth of lung
  5. Smoke cigarettes during pregnancy can cause changes in DNA structure babies that can later be weakened his immune system
  6. Disrupt the growth of the fetal brain in the womb during, and at risk of mental retardation
  7. Frequently exposed to secondhand smoke can make a baby born prematurely who generally have the development of a rudimentary organ
  8. Increases the risk of the baby has asthma
  9. Increase the risk of birth defects such as cleft lip as a result of abnormalities in the father’s sperm that smokers
  10. Effect of cigarette smoke can cause your baby has congenital heart disease to a miscarriage

To prevent that required the cooperation of various parties, both family, friends and people working around pregnant women not to smoke. As well as making the rules clearer on places where it is allowed and not allowed to smoke.

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