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Second Trimester Panel (Basic) performs the tests you need in your second trimester, monitoring your health and your baby’s, and detecting abnormalities during pregnancy.
– Sample Type: Blood | Urine.
– Age: Women in the second 3 months of pregnancy.
– Results: 24 hours from the time the laboratory receives the sample.
– Note: You must fast for at least 8 hours before the test.
1) Overview of Second Trimester Panel (Basic)
The second trimester of pregnancy is considered the most beautiful period of the mother’s term. At this time, she should no longer have the morning sickness or discomfort experienced in the first 3 months of pregnancy, however, she may still face abnormalities such as abdominal pain, fatigue, blurred vision, and reduced urination.
During this time, the fetus develops more strength and begins to respond to and feel the sounds from the mother’s environment.
Second Trimester Panel (Basic) provides 4 essential 2nd-trimester tests, helping mothers understand and monitor the health of the fetus and themselves and detect any abnormalities allowing timely treatment.
2. Which Tests are part of the Second Trimester Test Panel (Basic)?
This test panel deploys 4 tests necessary for the second trimester, including:
– Complete blood count (CBC) test: This is the core blood test that the mother needs to undergo. The doctor uses a blood sample to check for anemia and determine if Rh+ or Rh- to detect any incompatibility in the mother-infant agreement and provide an overall health assessment.
– Triple test: After having a double test at stage 1, the mother will perform a triple test at stage 2 to determine the risk of neural tube defects in the fetus; these are defects in the fetus, where the child’s brain and spine will not develop normally.
– Urinalysis: Urinalysis results help doctors detect kidney diseases and urinary tract infections (burning sensation while urinating or blood in urine), so they can take measures and provide timely treatment.
– Glucose tolerance test: During pregnancy, a mother needs to produce 3 times more insulin than usual to stabilize blood sugar (glucose) levels. If the insulin is insufficient, the sugar levels cause clogging, leading to diabetes.
Mothers need to perform a gestational diabetes test to protect their health and ensure that the baby is born without hypoglycemia, which poses risks of coma and brain damage.
In the second trimester of pregnancy, the mother will take a glucose tolerance test with a different sampling method than a normal fasting blood sugar test (taking a blood sample after fasting for at least 8 hours). The mother will give 3 blood draws, with the first drawn after a minimum of 08 hours of fasting. After 1 hour, the mother will drink 75g of sugar water before drawing blood for the second time. The mother continues to rest before drawing blood for the 3rd time (also the last time) 2 hours after the 2nd time.
3. Why Test At Diag Laboratories?
Come to Diag Laboratories – Testing Center, present for more than 20 years in Vietnam, where you will experience a smooth testing process with outstanding facilities such as:
– State-of-the-art analytical equipment systems such as Alinity (Abbott) and Cobas 8000 (Roche) with certified chemicals to bring fast, absolute results.
– Certificates of test quality such as ISO 15189 and EQAb.
– A wide variety of tests to meet the needs of patients. Diag uses modern vacuum blood collection techniques that limit pain and reduce the risk of rupturing veins or red blood cells.
– If you are far away from our centers or busy with work, we offer a home sampling service. Your sample will be taken at home and you can track your information online before receiving your results via SMS.
Second Trimester test Panel (Basic) provides the tests necessary for the 2nd trimester, helping closely monitor mother and baby. Do not hesitate to call the hotline at 1900 1717 to receive advice from Diag staff and make an appointment as soon as possible.