The main cause is congenital metabolic disorders. Congenital metabolic disorders (CMD) are a dangerous disease in newborns with a high mortality rate. However, the worrying thing is that very few mothers know about this disease.

Inborn errors of metabolism are one of the abnormalities that can occur in some newborns. This disease appears before the child is born and is characterized by ineffective functioning of metabolic reactions of groups of substances in the body. So what should be done when the child is tested for congenital errors of metabolism?

Congenital amino acid metabolism disorders are one of three rare congenital metabolic disorders in newborns. There is no cure for the disease, treatment methods only aim to limit the signs of the disease.

If congenital urea metabolism disorder is not detected early and treated promptly, it can lead to serious complications, even death. Currently, there is no radical cure for the disease, the main treatment methods include: Reducing the concentration of nitrogen in the blood serum, reducing the consumption of foods containing nitrogen in the diet, etc.

Screening tests are simple, easy-to-perform methods that do not affect health to identify individuals at high risk of developing a certain disease.

Although hypoglycemia may only occur transiently in the early postpartum period, if not detected and treated early, it will cause unpredictable complications. So to avoid the condition from worsening, what should parents do when their newborn has hypoglycemia?

Beta-ketothiolase deficiency is an inborn metabolic disorder. The disease is inherited on the chromosome due to mutations in the T2 gene (ACAT1) located on the long arm of chromosome 11 (11q22.3-q23.1) that encodes the enzyme acetoacetyl CoA thiolase, also known as the beta-ketothiolase enzyme.

Genetic counseling is a medical counseling process that aims to help individuals, couples or families understand and accept the medical, psychological, family-social relationship problems and the impact on the next generation caused by genetic diseases.