PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: sun exposure and NTD's

Re: sun exposure and NTD's

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:22:06 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, anonymous wrote: >
>I've read recently about studies that suggest exposure to UV rays could
>cause a reduction in the amount of folate in women's bodies, and that
>too much sun may increase your risk of having a baby with a NTD. My
>first baby died in utero of a severe NTD last year. I never thought
>about this before, but I have very fair skin and got sunburned a LOT
>when growing up. When I was in college and a few times after I went to
>tanning beds so I could get color, but I stopped all of that about 5
>years ago. Could my lifetime exposure to all those rays have
>contributed to my baby's demise? I'm not looking to blame myself, but
>the doctor's couldn't explain it. I'm pregnant again now and took 4mg
>of folic acid for 6 months prior to conception. But in light of this
>new information I've read, I'm just wondering.

if you were folate deficient from all that sun exposure (ro from a bad diet, or from a genetic defect in folate metabolism) it may have contributed to teh NTD, but the important thing is you are on high dose supplemetns now which drastically reduces the risk of antoehr NTD

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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