Patient's question:
There is a question I would like to ask you. My baby has just been born and it hasn't been a few days yet, but I would like to ask why a baby needs to have their heel blood tested after only being born for two days. I especially want to understand from the doctor what the heel blood test checks for.Doctor's answer:
This friend, first of all, heel blood test is a type of free examination. It is used to check whether the baby has hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria. Because both of these diseases can have a serious impact on the baby's intelligence, and the later treatment is relatively troublesome and costly, early screening is necessary to achieve early diagnosis and early treatment. This can be done by taking blood at the obstetrics department of the hospital where the baby is born.