Your baby’s eyes should be checked for a “red-eye” response to ensure the infant does not have a “cataract,” which, if present, can harm the baby’s visual development if not detected at birth.
What Exactly Is Neonatal Screening?
Most parents are unaware that their infant has been pronounced normal without a thorough checkup! Yes, all physical anomalies, including imperforate anus, must be evaluated “from head to toe” on newborns. But that’s not all; during the last six decades, newborns in most areas of the world have been “examined” for biochemical and enzymatic problems that, if present, can render babies intellectually handicapped within two weeks! Dr. Kishore Kumar, Neonatologist and Paediatrician at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals in Bengaluru, says that yes, this is known as newborn screening, and that it has been sixty years since this technology has been available in the world, so please insist on having your baby “examined” for these before your Paediatrician declares your baby normal.
Your baby’s eyes should be checked for a “red-eye” response to ensure the infant does not have a “cataract,” which, if present, can harm the baby’s visual development if not detected at birth.
earing examination Deaf and stupid babies are a thing of the past if their deafness is discovered at birth and cured before they reach the age of three months. So insist on screening newborns’ hearing.
Heart Disease Screening, also known as CCCHD screening, is a screening technique for diagnosing complicated congenital heart disease shortly after birth, often 24 hours after delivery, by simply monitoring oxygen levels in all four limbs. If your infant is discovered to have CCCHD, his or her odds of survival are substantially greater than if the condition is discovered later.
Hips Have your infant checked for DDH; it is a simple clinical examination that your paediatrician must perform to verify your baby’s hips are normal, especially in girls or newborns delivered breech.
Last but not least, ALL babies must have a blood test for thyroid, G6PD enzyme, and another enzyme called 17 OHP. These three diseases must be checked for all babies born in India because if your baby has an underactive thyroid, the baby will become cretin within two weeks, which means mentally retarded.
If your infant lacks the enzyme G6PD, he or she may develop severe jaundice and suffer brain damage. Because there is an abnormality in 17 OHP diagnosis, it can assure that your kid will not be transgender or hijra. All three tests should cost you little more than Rs. 5000, including hospital fees.
TMS Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry is an optional test for a few more enzyme disorders (about 50 diseases) that can detect any abnormality in digesting fats, carbohydrates, or proteins. It is recommended for all babies, especially if you have had a premature baby, a baby die in the uterus before birth, or a baby die in the newborn period for no apparent reason.
Please share this information with all prospective parents to ensure that every mother and father are aware of it, and insist that your physician evaluate your newborn “from all angles” before declaring your infant NORMAL.
