September is Newborn Screening (NBS) Awareness Month

Visible Birth Defect

Functional Birth Defects

Metabolic Defect 

What is newborn screening?

When your baby is 1 to 2 days old, he has some special tests called newborn screening.   Newborn screening checks a baby for serious but rare and mostly treatable health conditions at birth. It includes blood, hearing and heart screening.

Your baby can be born with a health condition but may not show any signs of the problem at first. If a health condition is found early with newborn screening, it often can be treated. Early treatment is important, because it may help prevent more serious health problems for your baby.

https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/parenthood/newborn-screening-tests-your-baby