Patient's question:
Two days ago, I just had an amniocentesis. Today, I went to see a patient, climbed to the fourth floor, and then stayed in the patient's room for three minutes. Is it accurate that two days ago, I just had an amniocentesis?Doctor's answer:
Amniotic fluid cells are shed cells originating from the fetus, possessing the same genetic information. Testing the amniotic fluid obtained from amniocentesis can be used to assess the intrauterine status of the fetus and confirm fetal diseases. The confirmation of congenital diseases in the fetus can be achieved by culturing amniotic fluid cells or extracting DNA from amniotic fluid cells for genetic diagnosis, such as diagnosing fetal chromosomal diseases, single-gene diseases, etc. The confirmation of fetal metabolic diseases for certain metabolic diseases that cannot be diagnosed through genetic testing can be performed through the measurement of enzyme concentrations in the amniotic fluid for intrauterine confirmation.