Alcohol use during pregnancy of mothers of babies born smaller than normal the last fifteen, twenty years has been better understood. In addition, small head, heart disorders, and various defects such as eyelid abnormalities have been observed. This condition is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Most of these children grow mental retardation also occurs.

This type of alcohol that damages can not be explained fully. Many people with excessive alcohol use and cigarette smoking at the same time extremely low birth weight infants also have a known cause. This vitamin deficiency in humans contribute to the problem in question does not seem to. Of alcohol in the baby is not known how to do this type of disorder. At the same time in every case of disorders caused by alcohol also is uncertain. However, the wise, pregnant women who think they can definitely do not use alcohol.