With these actions, you can prevent diseases and/or deficiencies at birth that, in interaction with environmental barriers, can cause disability.
1. Take folic acid: prevents up to 60% the chances that your baby will have problems in the neural tube at birth. Take one folic acid capsule every day.
2. Healthy eating: Before, during and after pregnancy, you need to feed yourself the right way.
3. Deep examination: it allows to assess the baby’s neurological maturity and reflexes. At birth, it is time to detect possible malformations or warning signs.
4. Neonatal screening: it is a high precision test that is carried out on newborn babies. Thanks to the sieve we can know and treat serious or irreversible diseases in time.
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