Tag: Down’s Syndrome

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The Story of Two Dads: When Children Have Serious Congenital Abnormalities

These are two completely different fathers. They have children suffering from the same disease-genetic defects. Genes store the genetic information of life and are closely related to human life, old age, illness and death. Two unfortunate children, their chromosomes have undergone abnormal changes, losing some genes and adding another. In the precise human body structure, more or less genes will lead to a series of diseases. At present, there is no effective treatment for gene defects, or it can be directly said that it is incurable. Most children with chromosomal diseases may miscarry due to serious abnormalities in their mothers’ stomachs, which is the result of natural selection in human reproduction. However, there are also a small number of children Read More …

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Zhou Ji of Pregnancy (15): Tang Sai, a tangled [number game]

When Miss Zhou had a prenatal examination, the doctor ordered while opening the examination: “The next prenatal examination will be conducted with another blood test. Combined with the previous B-ultrasound and blood tests, the Tang screen results can be obtained!” ] [Tangshai] is the abbreviation of prenatal screening examination for Down’s syndrome. The purpose is to judge the risk of fetus suffering from Down’s syndrome by examining pregnant women. [Tang Sie] When did it in what? I thought it would be a very noisy inspection, but I didn’t expect that I had already completed more than half of the inspection before I knew it? Miss Zhou was puzzled by the doctor’s words. Dr. Tian took the payment slip and asked Read More …

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Novice parents pay attention to 5 misunderstandings of prenatal gene testing,

Pregnancy will complicate the mood of parents-to-be. They will not only throb with expectation, but also show worries about the unknown. However, prenatal genetic testing can identify whether the baby has genetic abnormalities before birth, so the screening results always affect the hearts of prospective parents. For this reason, the Gene Medical Center of Cleveland Clinic in the United States explained some misunderstandings about prenatal gene testing. Myth 1: All Pregnant Women Should Have Prenatal Genetic Testing Truth: Prenatal genetic testing is divided into two parts: prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis. Some prenatal tests (such as ultrasound examination and serological examination) belong to prenatal screening, which is required by every expectant mother. However, some special tests, such as non-invasive genetic Read More …

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Pregnancy and Birth: Down’s Screening

1. Which is more accurate, the early Tang Dynasty or the middle Tang Dynasty? As a screening tool, Neither the Early Tang Dynasty nor the Middle Tang Dynasty can be diagnosed. So it’s not accurate, There is no “accuracy”. Usually, [detection rate] and [false positive rate] are used to evaluate a certain screening method. High detection rate and low false positive rate are a good standard for screening methods. Judging from the current situation in China, The detection rate in the early Tang Dynasty is higher than that in the middle Tang Dynasty, and the false positive rate is lower than that in the middle Tang Dynasty. The detection rate in the early Tang Dynasty is about 85%, the false Read More …

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The Things of Pregnancy and Birth: The Tangle of Down’s Screening

Pregnancy is a happy event, But the joy will not last long, After receiving a circle of blessings, Next, we have to face a lot of entanglements. Which hospital to build a card for regular prenatal examination, which doctor to see, whether to give birth to oneself or cesarean section, whether to give birth to a boy or a girl, whether to be episiotomy. However, these entanglements are dwarfed by the entanglements of Down’s screening and amniocentesis. Don’t do Down’s screening struggle: what if the child is born with a Down’s syndrome baby (Tang Baobao)? After Down’s screening, it is also tangled: high-risk amniocentesis is very tangled, and low-risk is not without risk. Amniocentesis is tangled: if you don’t do Read More …

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Is Down’s syndrome far from us?

Zhao Nvshi, a teacher in a university, found that her son was different from other babies after birth: her eyes were far away, her nose root was low and flat, her crying was different, and her small tongue stuck out of her mouth. The doctor saw that this was not the typical face of most children with Down syndrome? Quickly suggest Zhao Nvshi to do chromosome examination for the child. Is what [Down’s syndrome]? Down’s syndrome, also known as [trisomy 21], is a chromosome abnormality. The sick child has an extra chromosome 21 than others. This extra chromosome significantly changes the development process of the human body, thus producing a series of symptoms. In addition to the special face, children Read More …

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Children with Down Syndrome: Integrating into Life Is Not a Dream

The child’s face in the picture, You may have seen it in your life: If the pupils are too spaced apart, A slightly vacant look, Perhaps the mouth that often opens… Such a child is called [honey baby], which is a very sweet name, but behind it is the pain in the hearts of countless parents. [honey baby] is the name of a child with Down syndrome. If this name is a little strange to you, then you should know its other name: trisomy 21 syndrome. Cause of chromosome abnormality After the sperm and egg combine to form a fertilized egg, Life begins to divide and differentiate according to a certain established [procedure], but bugs always exist. During the formation Read More …

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Non-invasive Gene Detection: Which Fetal Abnormalities Can Be Screened?

The 30-year-old Liu was told by the hospital that the test results of Down’s screening she did at the 16th week of pregnancy showed [high risk], that is, the risk of her fetus suffering from Down’s syndrome (also known as [fetal trisomy 21] or Down’s syndrome) was higher. Doctors advised Ms. Chen to further confirm the diagnosis by amniocentesis. However, amniocentesis is traumatic after all, and the risk of abortion is relatively high. If you don’t do it, you worry that if you really have bad luck and give birth to a Down’s son, the consequences will be unimaginable. Do it or not? Just when Ms. Liu’s family was at a loss, they overheard friends say that there is now Read More …