Monday 8 August 2016

Know more about new born screening

New Born Specialist in Noida
You should always be prepared for the worst, said everybody. But no one is actually prepared for it. you will never think something bad for your child but you must be prepared for all possible situations. When you take your new born baby to a specialist, you must ask your doctor for the new born screening. It helps in determining the inborn errors in the baby if any. Of lately, new born screening has been gaining importance which is much talked about. And it is not only a thing which being discussed but it has also given results which is remarkable! As it is known, metabolic disorders are being detected through new born screening method.

The most widely detected disorder is PKU (phenylketonuria) which is seen quite often in new born kids which is usually in the genes. A drop of blood is taken for the screening and the most common method of new born screening is tandem mass spectrometry or mass spectroscopy is used. This method can detect approximately 20 metabolic disorders with just a single drop of blood. New born specialist will also recommend parents to do the test however its parents’ choice whether they want to get it done for their infants or no. but if doctors have kind of doubt about any such disorders in the infant then they can make the screening mandatory as well. It completely depends on the mutual decision between the specialist and parents.

BY Dt. TRISHALA CHOPRA









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