Prenatal testing is the testing of a fetus to determine whether or not it may have some sort of disease of deformity. It is often done in cases where one or both of the parents have, or are carriers of a genetic disease. Prenatal testing is usually done for 3 different reasons. One is to determine whether the baby will need surgery or medical treatment before or after birth, and to have it done in a timely fashion. Another is for the parents to decide whether or not they are going to abort the fetus with a diagnosed condition. The third reason is so the parents may prepare emotionally, financially, socially, and medically for the birth of a child with a severe disability or disease, or for the possibility of a stillbirth.
1. What is one method of non-invasive prenatal testing?
2. What is one method of invasive prenatal testing?
3. What are some specific things commonly looked for in prenatal testing?
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1. One method of non-invasive prenatal testing is analyzing the mother's blood.
ReplyDelete2. Amniocentesis (where a needle is passed through the mother's lower abdomen into the amniotic cavity inside the uterus)
3. The chance that a baby has certain congenital, genetic, chromosomal problems, and heart problems
1. Analyzing the mother's blood.
ReplyDelete2. Amniocentesis.
3. The fetus or the baby has a high heart problems. Also it will have congenital problems as well.
1)In 2002 a new method for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal sex was developed by using single cell PEP-PCR techniques.
ReplyDelete2)A method for invasive prenatal testing would be Chorionic Villus Sampling, which is a test done during the early pregnancy that can find certain problems with the fetus.
3)You may commonly check for the number of chromosomes in prenatal testing.