What does a pregnancy blood test do?

Many pregnant mothers usually don’t pay much attention to checkups and just supplement their nutrition. Now they will be involved in prenatal checkups, which means checking whether various indicators are normal and healthy. It is very important before and after pregnancy. Blood tests are no exception. Check the blood routine, blood sugar, liver function, etc. for any abnormalities. These cannot be ignored. What exactly does a pregnancy blood test do? Simply share with friends:

Referred to as pre-pregnancy check-up. Blood test is a very basic item in pre-pregnancy check-up, but the items included in the blood test are of great significance.

The blood tests required for pre-pregnancy check-up include: Routine blood test: including 19 items of complete blood cell analysis. The purpose of the test is to detect anemia, bacterial infection, viral infection, leukemia, sepsis and other blood diseases through blood analysis.

1 Four blood lipids: including total cholesterol (TCHO), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL-G). Blood lipid concentration is closely related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This test helps in the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease and nephrotic syndrome.

2 Eleven liver function tests: including alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), protein combination, and bilirubin combination. They mainly check whether the liver metabolic function is normal and whether there is liver damage.

3 Fasting blood glucose (GLU): Diabetes diagnosis and treatment test, checks whether diabetes and hypoglycemia exist, and helps in the differential diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

4 In addition, there are also alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen, toxoplasma antibody testing, chromosome testing and other items, all of which require blood draws. Don't be afraid. All these tests combined will only require drawing two or three small tubes of blood. All the blood drawing procedures are concentrated together and can be done in one go.

The purpose of prenatal check-up is to check whether your body has certain diseases, and to evaluate whether these diseases will affect the development of the fetus, as well as to help discover some congenital diseases of the fetus, avoid the birth of defective fetuses, and facilitate eugenics.

The above are the details of what the blood test during pregnancy does. Don’t be nervous when you arrive at the hospital, just follow the doctor’s arrangements. Pregnant mothers must maintain a good attitude and be happy at all times. In terms of nutrition, eat more fruits rich in vitamins and high in protein, and eat light food. Not too greasy. Only in this way can the baby be born healthy.