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What Does 1.4 Nuchal Fold And A Nasal Bone Suggest From The Test?
Hello: I am 38 years old and will be 38 at my baby s birth. My Nuchal Translucency was excellent in that the baby only had 1.4 nuchal fold and a nasal bone was identified. However, the blood test that goes along with this test was not as good and although I don t have the risks of 38 year old my risks were of a 32 year old or 1 out of 441. My doctor said that this was still a good result, and that she didn t want to do an amnio, but wanted to run a triple screen blood test. Can you please advise whether the physical markers of the nuchal scan and the nasal bone are a good indication that my baby is safe or whether the weight of the blood test makes does show that there are greater chances that the baby has down syndrome. (My results for trisomy 18/13 were very low and only had me at the risk level of a 19 year old.) Thank you, Aurora
Fri, 5 Aug 2016
Hi,
Thanks for writing to Healthcare magic.
I conclude that probably you are asking whether to go for the triple screen test.
All screening tests are done to come to a probable doagnosis. And only 1 or 2 tests cannot do this job, so we need sometimes more tests to be on sure side. So with that I mean its adviable to do the triple screen test.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks. If you have any more queries I am happy to answer them. Else please rate this answer and close the discussion
Thanks for writing to Healthcare magic.
I conclude that probably you are asking whether to go for the triple screen test.
All screening tests are done to come to a probable doagnosis. And only 1 or 2 tests cannot do this job, so we need sometimes more tests to be on sure side. So with that I mean its adviable to do the triple screen test.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks. If you have any more queries I am happy to answer them. Else please rate this answer and close the discussion
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