Patient's question:
What do you need for newborn disease screening re-examination? Is it only necessary to have a blood test for re-examination? Are there other detailed examination items besides this?Doctor's answer:
Newborn disease screening is conducted in the early stages of newborn birth, including screening for genetic metabolic diseases and hearing screening. Some large cities have actively implemented training programs for semi-annual newborn birth defects screening for five congenital diseases (hearing impairment, congenital heart disease, congenital hip dislocation, congenital hypothyroidism, and phenylketonuria). Newborn hearing screening involves tests using auditory brainstem response and otoacoustic emissions. If initial screening detects abnormalities, a follow-up test is conducted after 6 weeks. If the follow-up test still shows abnormalities, a definitive diagnosis is performed at a newborn hearing center between 3 months and the newborn's age, followed by treatment and intervention at 6 months.