[Characteristics of antialcohol education of women at the age of fertility]. / Osobennosti antialkogol'nogo vospitaniia zhenshchin fertil'nogo vozrasta.

PIP: Characteristic features of alcoholism in women are discussed with special emphasis on the role of medical personnel in maternal health services in the anti-alcoholism campaign among women of child-bearing age. Anti-alcoholism propaganda should stress the danger of moderate or social drinking. During individual and group talks midwives and obstetricians should discuss frequent complications of alcoholism, such as hypertension, neurological disorders, liver and lung diseases and should stress the effect of alcoholic beverages on the menstrual, sexual, and child-bearing functions. Pregnant women should be told about the dangers of alcohol to the health of an unborn child. They should be convinced that alcohol can have a direct toxic effect on the embryo as well as delayed effect mediated via the placenta. Breast-feeding mothers should abstain from all types of alcoholic beverages, including beer. Newlyweds should receive instruction on the role of parents' health in child development and the effect of alcohol on the formation of both male and female gametes. Special attention should be given to the increased sensitivity of early embryo to toxic effects of alcohol.^ieng