Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - What it is

As a parent, your baby’s health is your first priority. To ensure that your baby gets the best start in life and stays healthy, your newborn can be screened for at least 25 rare metabolic disorders.

Although most newborns with these disorders look healthy at birth, they may be at risk of having serious health problems later in life. These could include learning difficulties, recurrent sickness and even death if their disorder is not detected and treated early.

Early Detection allows Early Treatment
Individually, these disorders are very rare. As a whole, they affect about one in 2500 to 3500 births in Singapore. By testing newborns during their first days of life, such disorders can be treated early, often before any sign or symptom surfaces.

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - How to prevent?

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - Causes and Risk Factors

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - Diagnosis

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - Preparing for surgery

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - Post-surgery care

Metabolic Screening Test For Your Newborn Baby - Other Information

Article contributed by Newborn Screening for IEMs, KK Women's and Children's Hospital; Laboratory, KK Women's and Children's Hospital; Laboratory, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

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