For prospective parents who have one of the following conditions before pregnancy, they should go to the eugenic genetic counseling clinic for consultation.
(1) Patients diagnosed with genetic diseases and their family members and their carriers.
(2) Family members who continuously suffer from unexplained diseases.
(3) There are patients with genetic diseases in the family, and there have been children with congenital malformations in direct or collateral family members.
(4) One of the parents is a carrier of balanced chromosomal translocation, and carriers of other genetic genes.
(5) Parents diagnosed with chromosomal aberrations.
(6) Those who have given birth to children with malformations or mental retardation.
(7) Those with non-gynecological recurrent miscarriage, those with a history of habitual miscarriage or unexplained stillbirth, as well as infertile women and their husbands.
(8) Couples with a history of exposure to teratogens and radioactive substances, such as those exposed to radiation, nuclides, lead, phosphorus, mercury and other poisons or chemical agents.
(9) Pregnant women over 35 years old.
Methods of genetic counseling
(1) Review of genetics Consultation: Almost everyone who comes for genetic counseling has one or two children with genetic diseases in their families, so it is called retrospective genetic counseling. Almost all genetic counseling currently performed falls into this category. Retrospective genetic counseling.
(2) Prospective genetic counseling: When the defective gene has not yet manifested itself in the family The counseling that occurs when you come out is called prospective genetic counseling. The group screening technology developed in recent years has made prospective consultation possible. It finds carriers of disease-causing genes through group screening and then provides them with genetic counseling. It can reduce the birth of babies with genetic diseases and reduce the number of genetic diseases in the population. It has a significant effect on reducing the incidence of disease and improving population quality.
This article is provided by Baidu Reading and is excerpted from \”Three Months Before Pregnancy – Pregnancy Preparation Period\” Author: Wang Liru