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11/26/2013
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Screening test ( Photo: TV Globo / Playback) segudo the state Department of Health of São Paulo , 70 % of newborn screening tests are collected in her own motherhood . ( Photo: TV Globo / Playback)
Since Monday ( 25 ) , the heel prick test done in the state of São Paulo came to include the detection of two other diseases , according to the state Department of Health of São Paulo .
They are congenital adrenal hyperplasia - a disease that affects the adrenal gland which causes a deficiency of enzymes and consequent hormonal imbalance - and biotinidase deficiency - metabolic disease manifested by neurological disorders , skin lesions , seizures and developmental delay .
The new screening test is still able to identify congenital hypothyroidism , phenylketonuria , sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis and other hemoglobin disorders .
Diseases that can be identified by newborn screening are " chronic , genetic and incurable ," according to the state coordinator of the National Newborn Screening Program of São Paulo , Carmela Maggiuzzo Grindler .
Early detection and treatment of illnesses , enabled by newborn screening , give the patient a chance to have a normal survival with better quality of life and preservation of cognitive ability , according to the expert.
The screening test should be collected between the third and seventh day of the baby's life . According to the State Department of Health of São Paulo , 70 % of the tests are listed in the maternity hospital itself, whether public or private . In other cases , the collection is made in basic municipal health units .
The federal government promised that by 2014 , all states will be conducting the most comprehensive newborn screening test , including these two new diseases .
Source : G1 - Welfare
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