Newborn screening
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Brooke | Pediatric NP on Instagram: “Newborn Screening Tests 🤱🏻📝 ❗️Newborn screening tests are done on all infants, born in the US. These tests are to check for health…”
Newborn screening typically has three parts: the heel stick, the hearing test, and pulse oximetry. Learn more at http://www.babysfirsttest.org/newborn-screening/screening-facts.
The month is almost over but it's never to late to learn a little about Newborn Screenings. Today I am excited to partner with the Save Babies Through Screening Foundation and Baby’s First Test, two amazing non-profits, to bring awareness to Newborn Screening Month. So, what do you need to know? Newborn Screening is a series of simple tests that can detect a variety of disorders in newborns. There’s a hearing test, heel prick blood test (often mistakenly called the “PKU”), and in some states…
Newborn screenings are important to find and treat certain health issues that aren’t always visible at birth.
"Newborn babies across England will be screened for more debilitating genetic diseases...Cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease are already picked up in the heel-prick blood test. Four rarer conditions will now also be tested for." | BBC News, 5 January 2015
Growing Prevalence of Disorders in Infants, and Need for Better Diagnosis to Assist Newborn Screening Market Expansion
Sometimes known as a "PKU test," a genetic screening for newborns actually checks for a wide range of genetic disorders. PKU, an abbreviation for phenylketonuria, is a rare inherited disorder that causes the phenylalanine amino acid to build up in the body and can lead to brain damage.
