Patient's question:
The day before yesterday, I had my friend tested for prenatal screening, and the result showed a high risk of Down syndrome (trisomy 21) with a risk value of 1:12. How should it be checked?Hello, is the risk for this baby high? How should we address this?
Doctor's answer:
High risk means there is a high probability that the child will have a congenital syndrome, and further diagnosis may require amniocentesis. If the Down syndrome screening is high risk, it indicates a relatively common probability of having Down syndrome, but it does not necessarily mean the pregnancy is a Down syndrome baby. It is just a probability and further diagnosis is needed. If the diagnosis confirms that it is indeed Down syndrome, then this child cannot be kept. Wishing the patient a speedy recovery!