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WERS
infections./that./can./cause./intellectual./disabilities./in./babies./and./young./children./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Congenital./Cytomegalovirus./(CMV)./
Congenital./rubella,./or./German./measles
Congenital./tozoplasmossis
Encephalitis./
Meningitis./
Encephalitis./
Maternal./Human./Immunodeficiency./Virus./(HIV)./
Acquired./Immunodeficiency./Syndrome./(AIDS)
Maternal./Listeriosis
Congenital./Cytomegalovirus./(CMV)./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Passed./to./fetuses./from./mothers,./who./may./be./symptomatic--
./90%./of./newborns./are./also./asymptomatic;./5%./to./10%./of./these./have./later./problems./such./as./neurol
ogical./abnormalities,./including./intellectual./disabilities.
Congenital./Rubella/German./Measles./-
./correct./answer./✅✅passed./to./fetuses./from./unvaccinated./and./exposed./mothers,./causing./neurolo
gical./damage./including./blindness./or./other./eye./disorders,./deafness,./heart./defects./and./intellectual./di
sabilities
,Congenital./toxoplasmosis./-
./correct./answer./✅✅passed./to./fetuses./by./infected./mothers,./who./can./be./asymptomatic,./with./a./p
arasite./form./raw./or./undercooked./meat./that./causes./intellectual./disabilities,./vision./or./hearing./loss,./a
nd./other./conditions.
Encephalitis./-./correct./answer./✅✅a./brain./immflamuation./cause./by./infection,./most./often./viral.
Meningitis./-
./correct./answer./✅✅inflammation./of./the./meninges./or./the./membranes./covering./the./spinal./cord./o
r./brain./and./is./caused./by./viral./or./bacterial./infection--./the./bacterial./form./is./more./serious
Maternal./human./immunodeficiency./virus./(HIV)./-
./correct./answer./✅✅passed./to./fetuses,./destroy./immunity./to./infections./which./can./cause./intellect
ual./disabilities
Acquired./immunodeficiency./syndrome./(AIDS)./-
./correct./answer./✅✅The./most./advanced,./and./fatal,./stage./of./an./HIV./infection./passed./to./fetuses,./
destroy./immunity./to./infections./which./can./cause./intellectual./disabilities
Maternal./listeriosis./-
./correct./answer./✅✅a./bacterial./infection./from./contaminated./food,./animals,./soil,./or./water,./can./c
ause./meningitis./and./intellectual./disabilities./in./surviving./fetuses./and./infants.
Chromosomal./abnormalities./that./cause./intellectual./disabilities./in./babies./and./young./children./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Cri./Cu./Chat./Syndorme./
Fragile./X./Syndrome
Prader-Willi./Syndrome./
Down./Syndrome
,Cri./Cu./Chat./Syndorme./-./correct./answer./✅✅A./missing./part./of./chromosome./5--
./named./for./the./infants./characteristic./high-pitched,./cat-
like./cry;./causes./intellectual./disabilities./among./other./abnormalities
Fragile./X./Syndrome./-
./correct./answer./✅✅a./mutation./in./the./FMR1./gene./that./makes./a./small./part./of./the./gene./code./re
peat./on./a./fragile./portion./of./the./X./chromosome,./causing./the./commonest./form./of./inherited./intellect
ual./disabilities./in./boys
Prader-Willi./Syndrome./-
./correct./answer./✅✅caused./by./a./missing./gene./on./a./part./of./chromosome./15;./causes./small./size,./f
loppiness,./intellectual./disabilities,./reduced,./absents./sex./hormones,./and./uncontrollable./urge./to./eat./e
verything
Down./Syndrome./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Caused./by./an./extra./copy./on./the./21st./chromosome./which./produces./varying./
degrees./on./intellectual./disabilities.
environmental,./nutritional,./and./metabolic./influences./that./can./cause./intellectual./disabilities./in./babie
s./and./young./children./-./correct./answer./✅✅Environmental./deprivation./syndrome
Malnutrition
Environmental./Radiation./
Congenital./hypothyroidism
Hypoglycemia./
Infant./Hyperilirubinemia./
Reye./Syndrome
, Environmental./deprivation./-
./correct./answer./✅✅results./when./developing./children./are./deprived./of./necessary./environmental./e
lements--
./physical,./including./adequate./nourishment./(malnutrition);./climate./or./temperature./control./(extremes.
/of./heat./or./cold);./hygiene,./like./changing./and./bathing--
./includes./lack./of./adequate./cognitive./stimulation./which./can./stunt./a./child's./intellectual./development./
and./neglect./in./general.
Malnutrition./-
./correct./answer./✅✅results./from./starvation;./vitamin,./mineral,./or./nutrient./deficiency;./deficiencies.
/in./digestion./or./absorbing./foods./and./some./other./medical./conditions.
Environmental./Radiation./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Depending./on./dosage./and./time./of./exposure,./can./cause./intellectual./disabiliti
es.
Congenital./hypothyroidism./-
./correct./answer./✅✅under./active./thyroid./can./cause./intellectual./disabilities
Hypoglycemia./-
./correct./answer./✅✅low./blood./sugar./from./inadequately./controlled./diabetes./or./occurring./indepen
dently./and./cause./intellectual./disabilities
Infant./Hyperbilirubinemia./-
./correct./answer./✅✅Bilirubin,./a./waste./product./of./old./red./blood./cells,./is./found./in./bile./made./up./
of./the./liver./and./is./normally./removed./by./the./liver;./excessive./bilirubin./buildup./in./babies./can./cause./i
ntellectual./disabilities.
Reye./Syndrome./-
./correct./answer./✅✅cause./by./aspirin./given./children./with./flu./or./chicken./pox,./or./following./these./v
iruses./or./other./upper./respiratory./infections,./or./from./unknown./causes,./produces./sudden./liver./and./b
rain./damage./and./can./result./in./intellectual./disabilities