Spina Bifida

Learning Goal: I’m working on a genetics exercise and need a sample draft to help me learn.

Need an essay about Spina Bifida.

The questions provided below are to motivate you to investigate about this topic; you do not need to answer them one by one.

The essay must be at least five paragraphs long, and each paragraph must contain at least five sentences (you can write more than five paragraphs and more than five sentences per paragraph if you wish to do so).

The content of your essay must be written entirely in your OWN words.

Use in-text citations in parenthesis, APA style, if you paraphrase information from other authors. Only when necessary you can quote, (NO MORE THAN 3 QUOTES)****************

You must cite and list at least four references you used to investigate about this topic at the end of your essay (use APA style).

1- Why would a baby be born with Spina Bifida?

2- What really is Spina Bifida?

3- Are there different types of Spina Bifida?

4- Is there a cure for this birth defect?

5- What should women do in order to reduce the risk of having Spina Bifida?

6- Do women who give birth to babies with Spinal Bifida are more at risk of conceiving more babies with Spina Bifida?

7- Is Spina Bifida preventable?

8- Why is folic acid a supposed vitamin that can reduce the risk of Spina Bifida? Where is the connection?

9- Can Spina Bifida be caused by specific environmental agents, such as pharmaceutical drugs or other chemicals? 9-

10- What are the chances of babies with Spina Bifida of surviving?

11- How can people with Spina Bifida be treated?

12- Is Spina Bifida a problem that causes other problems in the skin, allergies, gastrointestinal problems, sleeping, orthopedics, and so on?

13- Do people with Spina Bifida need to be treated for their entire lives?

14- How long can they live?

15- What do people with Spina Bifida think of their condition and their lives with it?