in areas where a lot of fentanyl is used, they are finding babies who are with drawing from this narcotic.
Not only does prenatal opioid exposure result in short-term consequences (withdrawal) shortly after birth, it also creates long-term sequelae that may predispose these children to physical, emotional, psychiatric, cognitive, and socioeconomic problems in the future.
But this CDC report is from 2022. is about withdrawal symptoms and possible brain damage
Front Pediatr. 2022; 10: 1039055. Published online 2022 Nov 7.
Withdrawal symptoms are common:Between 1999 and 2014, the number of pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 1.5 to 6.5 cases per 1,000 hospital births (1). This led to a steep increase in the number of neonates with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) from 1.2 to 8.0 per 1,000 hospital births, with some areas reaching 20.0 per 1,000 hospital births
Not only does prenatal opioid exposure result in short-term consequences shortly after birth, it also creates long-term sequelae that may predispose these children to physical, emotional, psychiatric, cognitive, and socioeconomic problems in the future.
Now there is a syndrome described:
more here at UKMail:
Dozens of babies diagnosed with new condition linked to fentanyl that causes deformed heads, conjoined toes and clubbed fingers
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