If the screening results are normal — as they are in most cases — no further procedures are needed and parents won’t be contacted. If the screening results indicate the possibility of a rare disorder, the family will be contacted without delay for additional testing and procedures. An abnormal result doesn’t always mean your baby is ill, so a new blood sample will be drawn to confirm the initial test result, and the newborn might be referred for other types of diagnostic testing and/or examination by a specialist.
The diseases we screen for are rare, and the probability of your child actually being affected by one of them is rather small. However, on average, for every day of every year, newborn screening tests allow for early treatment of 70 babies that would otherwise have developed severe diseases. As a result of the newborn screening all of these children get the chance to initiate treatment and have normal healthy childhoods. —
Things are different from country to country, be proactive in your care etc etc etcYour doctor or the staff of your antenatal clinic will be able to tell you more about screening and the options available to you.
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