Blood collection from the heel of newborn: to avoid serious mental retardation of infants.

After the baby is born, the nurse will remind you to remember to collect heel blood for the baby. Heel blood is a disease that can be diagnosed and treated, with high incidence and no obvious symptoms in the early stage, but the laboratory indicators are positive. After 72 hours of birth, heel blood was collected. This article will introduce the related knowledge of neonatal heel blood collection in detail to help parents better understand this process.

Necessary inspection

Neonatal heel blood screening can detect phenylketonuria (PKU) and hypothyroidism (CH) at an early stage, which may cause serious mental retardation of the baby if not treated in time. Therefore, it is necessary to take blood from the heel to avoid serious harm to the baby.

Collection time

The blood collection time in heel blood is within 3 ~ 7 days after birth, and newborns are exclusively breastfed. Those who have not drawn blood for various reasons shall not exceed 20 days after birth at the latest.

Acquisition method

Collect heel blood from the delivery hospital, drop the blood on a special piece of paper, and then send the blood to the neonatal disease screening center for testing.