Can I do Down syndrome screening after drinking water?

Pregnant women need to actively go for prenatal checkups after they become pregnant. Active prenatal checkups are the key prerequisite to ensure that pregnant women can give birth to a high-quality baby. Down syndrome screening is a way to screen for fetal malformations. Many pregnant women go for Down syndrome screening. So, can you do the Down syndrome screening if you drink more water?

Pregnant women need to have blood drawn for Down syndrome screening, and the blood test requires fasting. Therefore, if the pregnant woman drinks water in the morning or has eaten, the Down syndrome screening cannot be carried out, resulting in inaccurate results.

If pregnant women want to do Down syndrome screening, it is best to fast for 12 hours, that is, they should not eat anything after getting up in the morning, and they should not drink too much water. In this way, the results will be more accurate. If a pregnant woman drinks water in the morning, she cannot do Down syndrome screening. If you want to do Down syndrome screening, it is best to do it the next day. On the second day, you must pay attention to not drinking too much water or eating before eating.

Down syndrome screening is usually performed at 14 to 18 weeks of pregnancy. The patient needs to fast for 12 hours for a blood test. The blood test only requires 2 ml of blood to be drawn. The test results will come out in 2 to 3 weeks. If there is a high risk of Down syndrome, further amniotic fluid screening is required to determine whether the baby has Down syndrome.

Down syndrome is a very serious deformity and a type of idiocy. In order to ensure the quality of delivery, older pregnant women at high risk of Down syndrome must go for Down syndrome screening in time. Once it is discovered that the baby is a Down syndrome child, effective measures must be taken in time to prevent the birth of the newborn.

Down syndrome patients have severe intellectual disabilities, congenital idiocy, tongue-throwing dementia, are completely unable to take care of themselves, and are accompanied by complex cardiovascular diseases. They cannot be cured throughout their lives. The incidence rate is about 1/600 to 1/800. According to Chinese characteristics, about a child with Down syndrome is born every 20 minutes, which brings heavy emotional and financial burdens to the family. According to large-scale screening in capitalist countries in the past 5-6 years, it has been concluded that the fertility rate of Down syndrome patients has an increasing trend.