Drug use during pregnancy is not safe for the mother or unborn child. Cocaine is a street drug that usually comes as a white powder. It is snorted or mixed with water and then injected with a needle. Cocaine can also be smoked when it is made into small white rocks called crack. Cocaine use during pregnancy can cause serious harm.

 

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What is the effect of cocaine use on your health ?

 
This drug affects the central nervous system. It may change your sense of sight, sound and touch. It can cause nausea, stomach pain , tremors and headaches. It can also make you feel restless, scared and angry.

 

This illegal drug cause health problems such as the following :

  • stroke
  • heart attack
  • respiratory failure
  • severe weight loss
  • infections such as HIV and hepatitis
  • loss of smell
  • severe weight loss

 

What are the potential harmful effects of cocaine use during pregnancy ?

 
Using cocaine during pregnancy can cause the following problems in your baby.

 
Talk to your health care provider about how to quit cocaine use or how to get help.
 
Content Sources

Cocaine and pregnancy. March of Dimes. http://www.marchofdimes.org/pregnancy/cocaine.aspx. Accessed November 20, 2015
 
Using illegal drugs during pregnancy.American Pregnancy Association. http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/illegal-drugs-during-pregnancy/. Accessed November 20, 2015
 
Drug use and pregnancy. WebMD.http://www.webmd.com/baby/drug-use-and-pregnancy. Accessed November 20, 2015
 

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