HEALTH STATUS OF THE NEWBORNS BORN OF WOMEN WITH TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION
This study aims to investigate nicotine and alcohol effect on health status of newborns. Questionnaires analysis results, gestation and delivery course, examinations of 160 newborns born of women with tobacco and alcohol addiction have been presented in the studyInfants with intrauterine growth retardation born reliably often in the 1st and 2nd groups 44,3 % and 58,5% respectively against 5 % of the control group. Infants who were prenatally exposed to nicotine and alcohol effect have suffered from prolonged jaundice and hypotrophy twice as much. Respiratory infections and inflammations of skin and mucous membranes have been more frequently observed in infants born of women with tobacco addiction (I - 40,6 %, II - 24,5 %, III - 15 %). Disembriogenetic stigmas have been found six times as much in infants born of women with tobacco and alcohol addiction, and three times as much on the face and head.