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Non-Invasive Prenatal Test - Visit Dr Jolly Diagnostics Centre

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Non-Invasive Prenatal Test - Visit Dr Jolly Diagnostics Centre

What is NIPT Test? 

The non-invasive prenatal test, the DNA of the placenta is examined to detect genetic disease in the unborn baby.

In the early days of pregnancy, doctors recommend you to get many different types of tests done, so that you can get complete information about the health of the unborn baby. NIPT means non-invasive prenatal test, which is a prenatal test. Through this, birth defects and genetic disorders are detected in the baby. Let us tell you, within a few weeks of conception, the DNA of the child is found in the mother's bloodstream. After which the genetic disease or danger in the child can be easily detected through the mother's blood.

Apart from this, doctors also advise pregnant women to get urine test and ultrasound done.

What is NIPT: In a non-invasive prenatal test, the DNA of the unborn baby is examined in the womb to detect genetic disease. This test is done within the first two to three months. This test helps diagnose Down syndrome, Edward's syndrome and Patau's syndrome in the baby. However, this is only a screening, in which it is ascertained whether there is any such disorder in the child or there is no possibility of having such a disorder.

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