Endocrine or genetic diseases are often not clearly evident in newborns, making it difficult for families to recognize that their baby is having problems. If not detected promptly, it can lead to intellectual disability, slow movement, and morphological abnormalities in children. Currently, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital has implemented effective newborn screening methods to help detect some diseases in newborns early, thereby providing timely intervention and treatment measures.

Endocrine or genetic diseases are often not clearly evident in newborns, making it difficult for families to recognize that their baby is having problems. If not detected promptly, it can lead to intellectual disability, slow movement, and morphological abnormalities in children. Currently, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital has implemented effective newborn screening methods to help detect some diseases in newborns early, thereby providing timely intervention and treatment measures.

Microcephaly, also known as microcephaly, is a very rare neurological disorder. Babies born with microcephaly will have a smaller head size than other children of the same age and sex. So what is microcephaly? What tests are needed to accurately diagnose this disease?

Sacrococcygeal teratoma is a tumor that develops before birth in a baby’s coccyx – also known as the tailbone. It is the most common tumor in newborns, occurring in about 1 in 35,000 to 40,000 live births.

Fetal goiter is a very rare condition with an incidence of 1/50,000-1/30,000 during pregnancy. An underactive fetal thyroid gland (congenital hypothyroidism) is the most common cause of fetal goiter.

In fetuses with choroid plexus cysts, 2.1% have a numerical chromosomal abnormality, and the majority of fetuses will have other abnormalities that can be seen on ultrasound. However, when no other abnormalities are seen on ultrasound, the risk of a numerical chromosomal abnormality is approximately 1 in 300.

The wish of all infertile families is certainly to see the second line appear on the test stick on the 14th day after embryo transfer, or to see the B-HCG index "skyrocketing" when receiving the blood test results. "Getting pregnant" is certainly an important step of success, but it is only the first step in the upcoming 9-month and 10-day journey. Surely when doing in vitro fertilization (IVF), families have invested significantly in terms of finance, material and emotion. Therefore, having the safest and highest quality pregnancy management process is the first important thing that mothers need to think about after successfully getting pregnant.

Fetal medicine is a new field that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of fetal abnormalities from the time they are still in the womb. With the mission of improving the health of Vietnamese people, for a healthy young generation, right from the first days of its establishment, Vinmec Times City Hospital has focused on developing this field of Fetal Medicine.