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Abstract
Introduction: the use of drugs has been growing quickly and continuously in the general population, where teenagers, young, old and even children are entering this world intense and devastating. Already in women users this picture is even more worrying when it comes to consumption during pregnancy. Objective: to identify the most commonly used drugs for pregnant women who performed prenatal care in a primary care Reference Unit of Rio Branco, Acre, in the period from 28 August to 28 September 2017. Methodology: this is a cross-sectional field study of observational, descriptive, exploratory character, basic quantitative approach on drug use by women during the gestational period. Results: the analysis of the data collected has identified that during the period were pregnant gestational use of substances: 18 (60%) used alcohol, 9 (30%) smoked cigarettes, 2 (6.7%) was associated with use of alcohol and cigarettes and 1 (3.3%) reported use of alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, cocaine and crack, concurrently. Conclusion: the use of drugs during the gestational period brings multiple consequences to the body of the mother and the fetus, of which are intrauterine growth restricted, congenital malformations, miscarriage, premature labour, premature separation of placenta, placenta previa and death Fetal. And it is important to note that the professionals working on prenatal consultation strategies should be used to prevent and relieve the drug use in gestational period.
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Introduction: the use of drugs has been growing quickly and continuously in the general population, where teenagers, young, old and even children are entering this world intense and devastating
“The highest proportions of pregnant drug users were observed between the ages of 22 to 25 years of age (36.7%), of 18 to 21 years (33.3%) and the smallest proportion (10%) was shown at the age of 32 to 39 years”
It turns out that the highest proportions of drug use have been in married pregnant women (53.3%), stable union (36.7%) and the smallest percentage in single pregnancies (10%)
Summary
Introduction: the use of drugs has been growing quickly and continuously in the general population, where teenagers, young, old and even children are entering this world intense and devastating. Conclusion: the use of drugs during the gestational period brings multiple consequences to the body of the mother and the fetus, of which are intrauterine growth restricted, congenital malformations, miscarriage, premature labour, premature separation of placenta, placenta previa and death Fetal. That's what demonstrates the use of household survey (II) psychotropic drugs in the country occurred in 2005, with participants with age range between 12 and 65 years, held in more than 108 cities with a total of 3,301 people, 7,939 men and 4,638 women reported to be some kind of drugs users [2]. The use of licit and illicit drugs constitute a risk factor to the health of the mother and the developing fetus, the consequences and the ill effects on the fetus and the mother are devastating [3]”. “The use of these substances interfere with the natural course of the organism causes the appearance of diseases, as well as perinatal complications, bad-congenital formations, retarded fetal growth, miscarriage, premature birth and maternal death-fetal [4]”
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