​The woman's multiple relatives are mentally retarded and will be passed on to the next generation

Mentally retarded is not an insult, it is a type of intellectual disability that often occurs in many children. Some babies will carry the disorder after birth, so family members will think it is hereditary. If you want a second child, it may be passed on to the next generation. In fact, intellectual disabilities are generally not hereditary, and you can test for them before giving birth.

Brief Introduction

Intellectual disability (or intellectual disability, abbreviated as mental retardation) refers to behavioral disorders that require the use of intellectual thinking in general money management, reading and literacy, calculation, daily life, etc. Synonyms include mental retardation (MR for short), which refers to the manifestation of slow aptitude and ability, most of which are the results obtained through impression or comparison. In the United States, disorders like this are usually called "mental retardation", and international associations that conduct research in this field also use "mental retardation" as the official name.

The causes of intellectual disability can be divided into two types: congenital and acquired. Congenital intellectual disability may be due to chromosomal abnormalities; while acquired causes may be brain damage (for example, a car accident) or stimulation from external factors.

Mental retardation is not only a global disease that seriously endangers the physical and mental health of children, but also a serious social problem. It is estimated that there are approximately 150 million people with intellectual disability worldwide. With the rapid development of society and the increasingly fierce competition for talent, countries around the world have paid more attention to intelligence issues. Relevant researchers are also increasingly exploring the factors that lead to children's intellectual disability.

Among them, genetic factors are one of the main causes of severe mental retardation; secondly, infection during pregnancy is another major pathogenic factor leading to children with mental retardation, and the infection in the first three months of pregnancy has the greatest impact; thirdly, malnutrition during pregnancy is one of the main causes of intrauterine fetal growth retardation.

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Hong Kong and Macau: mentally retarded persons, intellectually disabled persons (since the former has been used for a long time and has a labeling effect, we tend to use this term instead; however, the former is still more commonly used) Taiwan: Xihaner; "mentally disabled" is considered a vulgar word in Taiwan, and it is appropriate to use the full term "intellectual disability", "intellectually disabled" or "mentally disabled". Mainland China: intellectually disabled people, mentally retarded people