What is thalassemia genetic test

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Pregnancy for many women is relatively happy, which I deeply understand, because I just gave birth to a baby, my baby is now more than eight months. After pregnancy, women will do a lot of tests, and there are many before pregnancy, they will do pre pregnancy tests. After pregnancy, they will do more tests. The purpose is to give birth to a healthy baby, because many diseases will be inherited. For example, thalassemia will be inherited. So it is necessary to do thalassemia screening. What is the way of thalassemia screening?

What is thalassemia genetic test

First: for pregnant women who need to do thalassemia screening, pregnant women need to do some blood routine tests with their husbands first. If there are abnormalities, they need to do some hemoglobin electrophoresis, peptide chain test, thalassemia gene analysis and other projects to diagnose thalassemia.

Second: prenatal screening is mainly through blood routine, hemoglobin electrophoresis and other methods to find thalassemia carriers, in order to be responsible for themselves and the next generation, it is recommended to do prenatal screening. Otherwise, when the child is born, if it is thalassemia, it will regret for a lifetime.

Third: pregnant women can be pregnant 11_ At 14 weeks of gestation, amniotic fluid was extracted by amniocentesis at 15-22 weeks of gestation, and umbilical cord blood was extracted at 24-30 weeks of gestation. Gene detection was used to determine whether the fetus had protein gene deletion or mutation, so as to effectively prevent the birth of children with severe thalassemia or malformation.

matters needing attention

For pregnant women, do prenatal examination at the same time, we must maintain a good attitude, do not have too much ideological burden, do not worry too much, that is not good for the baby. Good mood, the baby can be healthy development.