Patient's question:
Around 100 days of pregnancy, what is the best time to do an amniotic fluid test?Doctor's answer:
Disease Analysis: Hello, around 100 days of pregnancy, you can have an amniocentesis. Typically, 20-30ml of amniotic fluid is extracted through a procedure called amniocentesis during the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy for testing.Recommendations: Amniocentesis can be used to check for the following:
1) Lung maturity test
2) Kidney maturity test
3) Liver maturity test
4) Skin maturity test
5) Salivary gland maturity test
2) Prenatal diagnosis of congenital genetic diseases
① Sex-linked genetic diseases such as Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, color blindness (green, red), G-6-PD deficiency, etc.
② Neural tube defects
③ Mucopolysaccharide storage diseases
④ Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
⑤ Amniotic fluid cell enzyme analysis