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𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭, 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺. 🧬🚼 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘱, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘺.
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0:00 - Introduction by Dr. Anusha Reddy Badweli
0:10 - Topic Introduction: Birth Defects
0:14 - What Are Birth Defects?
0:18 - Common Causes of Birth Defects
0:24 - Risk Factors: Smoking, Alcohol, Infections, and Medications
0:51 - Common Birth Defects: Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, Neural Tube Defects
0:55 - Types of Neural Tube Defects: Anencephaly and Spina Bifida
0:57 - Prevention with Folic Acid Supplementation
1:14 - Importance of MMR Vaccine and Preventing Infections
1:21 - Avoiding Teratogenic Drugs
1:24 - Genetic Counseling for Family History of Abnormalities
1:31 - Karyotyping for Consanguineous Marriages

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀?
Birth defects are congenital anomalies that occur in newborns due to various factors.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀?
Common causes include:
Chromosomal abnormalities
Genetic abnormalities
Smoking or alcohol consumption during pregnancy
Exposure to infections like Rubella
Usage of teratogenic drugs (harmful medications during pregnancy)

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀?
Common birth defects include:
Cleft lip and cleft palate
Neural tube defects like Anencephaly and Spina Bifida

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱?
Taking folic acid supplements at least 3 months before pregnancy can prevent neural tube defects
Getting MMR vaccination before pregnancy helps avoid Rubella infections
Avoiding teratogenic drugs
Undergoing genetic counseling in case of family history of genetic abnormalities

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱?
Genetic counseling is recommended for couples with:
Family history of genetic disorders
Consanguineous marriages (marriage between blood relatives)
Previous child with chromosomal abnormalities
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