NEWBORN SCREENING

- often the only way to detect these conditions

before symptoms begin. Early detection makes
sure that babies who need it receive care,
treatment, or intervention as early as possible,
when it can work best.
Background
Newborn screening has been part of U.S. health
care for more than 50 years. Many new and
expecting parents in the U.S. today received an
early form of NBS back when they were born!
Newborn screening began in the 1960s when Dr.
Robert Guthrie developed a blood test for
phenylketonuria (PKU). PKU is a serious health
condition that causes brain damage if not treated
very early in life.
Before the blood test existed, most children with
PKU were not diagnosed until after they had brain
damage. That was too late for treatment to be
helpful.
Dr. Guthrie’s blood test allowed diagnosis shortly
after birth. Earlier diagnoses allowed for earlier
treatment, which prevented brain damage and
other serious problems for many babies with PKU.
PKU was the first condition identified by NBS, so
some people still refer to all NBS as the “PKU test.”
However, this term is not accurate. Today, NBS
can detect PKU, many other treatable health
conditions, some heart disorders, and the ability
to hear, too.
3 Process of NBS BREASTFEEDING AND
1. Checking (screening) babies for certain serious IMMUNIZATION OF
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NEWBORN
2022 2. Finding those few who might have one of the conditions
3. Helping to connect babies with the early care, treatment,
and/or intervention they need to give them the best
chance at a healthy life
 IMMUNIZATION BREASTFEEDING ADVANTAGES:
perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be
What is Immunization? overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life
What is Breastfeeding? reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers of the women
Immunization is a vaccine that works in stimulating Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways and who breastfeed
the immune system in the body which our natural help protect your baby from illness and disease during
disease-fighting system of our body. Also, a key ideal food for infants to ensure child health and infancy
component of primary health care and an indisputable survival. Also, provides all the energy and nutrients better health as they grow, even after weaning
human right. that the infant needs for the first months of life, and it easier to digest than formula and may help prevent gas
continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s and colic
babies tend to experience less diarrhea and constipation
nutritional needs during the second half of the first
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year, and up to one third during the second year of life. women who breastfeed tend to recover from childbirth
faster than women who choose not to nurse their babies

BENEFITS:
decrease your chances of developing rheumatoid
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disease as you age
TB) comforting to your child
Best for baby perfect way to supply your baby with optimal nutrition at
the perfect temperature
DPT
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Dipterya,
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Economical costs and reduce the amount of work you miss to care for
a sick baby
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Antibody- greater immunity to breastfeeding, the body releases a hormone called
OPV infection oxytocin, a feel-good hormone that promotes relaxation
prevent your period from returning for three to six
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Polio)

Stool inoffensive, never constipated months or even longer

The temperature always correct and

DISADVANTAGES:
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constant inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes

Hepatitis B) continues to undermine efforts to improve breastfeeding
rates and duration worldwide
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Emotional bonding when you will be breastfeeding your baby every two to
three hours around the clock
Easy once established uncomfortable or even painful problems common with
MMR
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Digested easily within 2 to 3 hours breastfeeding. These include things like mastitis, breast
engorgement, plugged milk ducts, and sore nipples
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Immediately available may feel left out of the breastfeeding relationship (unless
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measles) Nutritionally balanced you pump milk in advance for your partner to use)
some women may be uncomfortable and embarrassed
Gastrointestinal infection greatly about breastfeeding around others or in public which
reduced might end up staying home more often, which can lead
you to feel lonely or isolated
may end up feeling disappointed or discouraged. For
some, breastfeeding is a learning process
stress and other factors can also affect breastfeeding and
even decrease your milk supply