ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION CAN DIAGNOSE CONGENITAL ABSENCE OR ANOMALIES OF SOME ORGANS.
SOME KIDNEY DISEASES CAN BE DIAGNOSED IN THE WOMB.
Abnormal size or absence of the kidneys can be visualized ultrasonographically. After a certain number of weeks, enlargement of the outflow of the kidneys can be detected and monitored. If the fetus has an obstruction leading to kidney damage, it can be treated in the womb with a stent.
CONGENITAL ABSENCE OR CYSTS OF THE LUNG CAN BE DIAGNOSED BY ULTRASOUND.
Diagnoses related to the connection between the trachea and esophagus can be detected by ultrasonography. In such cases, it can be life-saving if the hospital where the baby will be born is equipped to intervene in this anomaly immediately after birth.
SOME DIAGNOSES RELATED TO HEART DISEASES CAN BE MADE.
Detailed USG is especially important between 20-22 weeks. In this period, an examination including 4 chambers, which are the main structure of the heart, is performed. The septums between these chambers, the valves and the vessels coming out of the chambers are in normal positions and heart diseases of the baby can be identified early in the womb. In this case, delivery in a hospital where the necessary intervention can be performed is recommended.
CLEFT PALATE CAUSES PROBLEMS IN BABY FEEDING.
Another anomaly is cleft lip. This is also popularly called 'rabbit lip'.
A more advanced form of cleft lip is cleft palate. Approximately one in a thousand babies