Question
A few days ago, I had a cesarean section and gave birth to a baby. I am still in the hospital now. The nurse took the baby for a disease screening. I am worried about what diseases might be found, and I want to ask what is newborn disease screening?
Answer
Newborn disease screening is conducted in the early stages of a newborn’s life, using simple, sensitive, and rapid testing methods to identify diseases that threaten the newborn’s life, which can affect the growth, development, and intelligence of the newborn. This screening includes newborn genetic metabolic disease screening and hearing screening. Newborn hearing screening is conducted in the early stages of a newborn’s life, using auditory emissions and auditory brainstem evoked potentials to detect newborn ear diseases and disorders. If the newborn hearing screening results are abnormal after the initial screening, further diagnosis will be conducted, and treatment and intervention will begin three months later.