Blood test items

When certain diseases occur in the body, blood will be drawn during the examination. Blood test is an item that is checked in many cases. Different diseases require different blood tests. Especially for women, they will have blood tests during prenatal checkups. People may not know much about blood test items. Let’s take a look today.

There are many items in blood tests. When you go to the hospital to check many diseases, you will need to have your blood tested. There are many items in blood tests. Maybe you don’t know enough about them. Today we will take a look at what items are included in blood tests, especially blood tests for pregnant women.

Blood tests are usually the most detailed during the first prenatal check-up and include many items, such as liver function, kidney function, blood type (ABO), cytomegalovirus, rubella, toxoplasmosis, syphilis screening, etc. If you want to keep umbilical cord blood, you must also do an HIV test, that is, an AIDS test.

Pregnancy check-up is also a health check-up to a certain extent. In many cases, the mother cannot feel it at all, but it can inadvertently affect the fetus, which can affect delivery and continued pregnancy. In order to ensure good birth and upbringing, these examinations are necessary.

Usually, the examination items set up by different hospitals are different. At the same time, the hospital will arrange examination items according to the detailed situation of the pregnant mother. For example, if the mother is type O and the father is type B, which may cause ABO hemolysis, antibody testing must be performed. For older pregnant women, in addition to the necessary general prenatal health examinations and other items, there are also some special items that need to be performed specifically for older pregnant women.

Blood tests include these!

Hemoglobin

Determine whether the expectant mother is anemic. Mild anemia has little effect on the pregnant woman and delivery, while severe anemia can cause adverse consequences such as premature birth and low birth weight babies. Therefore, anemia should be treated promptly if discovered.

blood type

In preparation for blood transfusion during delivery, it is important for pregnant mothers to know their own blood type. If the husband has type A, B or AB blood and the pregnant woman has type O blood, the baby may be born with ABO hemolytic disease and corresponding examinations are needed.

Normal hemoglobin value: 110g/L-150g/L

Liver function, kidney function

Check whether the pregnant mother has diseases such as hepatitis and nephritis. The burden on the liver and kidneys is increased during pregnancy. If the liver and kidney functions are abnormal, pregnancy will make the original disease "worse".

Normal liver function values: Alanine aminotransferase 0-40 U/L; 0-421 U/L; Total bilirubin 0.6-1.2 Mg/dl

Normal renal function: urea nitrogen 8-21 mg/dl; creatinine 0.9 mg/dl

HIV antibodies

Check whether the mother is infected with HIV. Mother-to-child transmission is one of the main routes of HIV transmission.

Normal: Negative

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test

Screening for neurological disorders such as anencephaly and spina bifida.

Normal value: <20

Hepatitis B six items

Check whether pregnant women are infected with hepatitis B virus. If you are already infected, you will need to be transferred to a specialized infectious disease hospital for delivery.

Normal: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAa), negative; Hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs), negative; Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), negative; Hepatitis B e antibody (anti-HBe), negative; Hepatitis B core antibody IgG (anti-HBc LgG), negative; Hepatitis B core antibody lgM (anti-HBc lgM), negative.

Hepatitis C (HCV) virus

Check whether the pregnant mother is infected with hepatitis C virus, which can also be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta. If you are already infected, you need to be transferred to a specialized infectious disease hospital for delivery.

Normal: Negative

Screening for Down syndrome

Every pregnant mother should undergo Down syndrome screening between 14 and 17 weeks of pregnancy, which is a chromosome test. If the result is suspicious or positive, amniocentesis should be performed to confirm whether the fetal chromosomes are normal. For expectant mothers over 35 years old, the risk increases with age, so it is even more necessary to do this examination.

MEMO Down's Syndrome Screening

Down syndrome (congenital idiocy, trisomy 21) is the most common chromosomal disease. It usually manifests as severe intellectual disability and inability to take care of oneself. The occurrence of Down syndrome is highly random. The older the pregnant mother is, the higher the incidence rate is. Pregnant mothers of normal childbearing age may also have this condition. Therefore, every pregnant mother should undergo Down syndrome screening in time during pregnancy, especially pregnant mothers over 35 years old are best to undergo amniotic fluid chromosome examination.

By checking the blood, some diseases can be screened out in time, and this examination method is very simple. Today we introduced the blood test items for pregnant women, everyone should have some understanding. Blood tests can check many aspects of our body's diseases and can well determine whether pregnant women have anemia.