Do you know what neonatal disease screening is?

Neonatal disease screening is a test for genetic metabolic diseases that seriously harm the health of newborn babies in the neonatal period, so as to make early diagnosis and early treatment of the disease.

At present, the screening diseases of newborn in China include congenital hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria and other diseases of genetic metabolism and hearing disorders.

Is it true that all babies should be screened for neonatal diseases?

Yes, every parent should do this for their new baby.

Because some babies already have metabolic diseases in their mothers' tummies, neonatal disease screening is an effective way to detect these diseases.

When the baby is born, it looks very healthy, should also do newborn disease screening?

Yes, it is.

Because these babies with genetic and metabolic diseases appear normal at birth, but gradually show some abnormal behavior after 3-6 months.

If diagnosed at this time, treatment will be too late, because the baby's physical and mental development has fallen behind and it is difficult to improve, which will put a heavy financial and emotional burden on the family.

No one is sick in the home, does darling do newborn disease screening even?

B: yes.

Although both parents appear to be healthy, they can also carry the gene that causes the disease and give birth to babies with inherited metabolic disease.

Through newborn disease screening, sick babies can be detected early.

How to carry out newborn disease screening?

It's really simple.

After your baby is born 72 hours, 7 days, and full breastfeeding, the doctor will take a few drops of blood from your baby's heel and send them to the laboratory for testing. It won't be long before you can check the results.

However, it should be noted that for children who have not been screened for various reasons, parents should take the baby back to the hospital for screening according to the doctor's instructions, and the time should not exceed 20 days after birth at the latest.

What if my baby is found to be sick?

Once a child is diagnosed with a disease, you should follow the doctor's advice to early treatment, regular review, monitoring the child's physical and mental development, in order to prevent the serious consequences of these diseases.

Newborn disease screening detection method sensitive?

Screening for neonatal illness can detect the vast majority of children, due to some factors, there are very few children can not be detected.

Therefore, when your baby in the growth and development of some abnormal performance, should be promptly to the hospital.

What are the manifestations of congenital hypothyroidism?

The condition is caused by insufficient thyroid hormone levels in the child.

When sick baby is born, do not have symptom mostly, a few may have cry to be inferior, appetite is poorer, constipation wait for a symptom, some still can appear newborn jaundice to subside time prolongs wait for a performance, but often not cause the attention of the parent easily.

It takes months for the child to show significant physical and mental retardation.

What manifestation does phenylketonuria have?

This is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease, children lack of phenylalanine hydroxylase, cannot normal metabolism of phenylalanine in food and its metabolites in higher concentrations in the blood, can't restore serious brain damage, at about 3 months after birth developed by black yellow hair, white skin, sweat and urine bad "rat urine smell," mental development lag behind, behavior, etc.

Because the disease's early symptoms are not typical, it is not easy to diagnose.

After darling is diagnosed to have these diseases, why should treat prognosis just can be good early?

Because both diseases can now be treated to alter the prognosis.

The earlier treatment is done, the less damage will be done to the baby's physical and mental development.

As long as early treatment, most of the sick babies can reach the level of physical and mental development of normal children of the same age.

Neonatal disease screening is of great significance in reducing birth defects and disabilities and improving the quality of the newborn population.

For your child's health and safety, family harmony and happiness, please do the first health "security check" for your baby after birth.