Congenital malformations in pregnancy

• April 28, 2024

The Congenital malformations they are a very frequent problem in the world population; however, it is preventable with the consumption of folic acid during the gestation .

In Mexico there are five million 700 people with some kind of disability , of which 924 thousand were born in that situation; It is estimated that around half a million children are born with some problem of this type, some die in the first month of life and in others it is not manifest.

In the following video, gynecologist-obstetrician José Alcántara explains the different types of Congenital malformations frequent in the pregnancy as: the defects of neural tube , the Cleft lip and palate , harelip , the microcephaly and the macrocephaly .

You can prevent this kind of problems

Experts say that the intake of folic acid prevents malformations in the newborn; the woman must take it during all her reproductive life , since the neural tube is formed in the first three weeks of gestation .

Other measures to avoid them are the tests of neonatal hearing screen that are carried out on newborns, to diagnose in time a greater number of diseases .

Are you planning to get pregnant? Get ready and take your daily dose of folic acid

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