ATTENTION MEDIA & OTHERS SEEKING INTERVIEWS!
If you represent a media company, are a student writing a report or anyone interested in interviewing our visitors, please seek permission (see email address at the bottom of the page) before posting your requests or emailing solicitations for any talk show, magazine, thesis, census or other interview on any message board on this site. If not, your posts WILL be removed. Please respect the privacy of our members.
re: re: Prenatal Diagnosis of CAH May. 6th, 2008 10:22pm
Just make sure you are giving birth in a center that has a pediatric endocrinologist, geneticist and social worker on staff. Are you living in the US? If so, make sure they screen her for CAH at birth. If your wife is late, every state will be screening by July. If she gives birth, two states will not be screening yet. They can fedex the sample to the state and they will let you know within 24-48 hours after the lab receives the blood spot. If the doctors suspect she has CAH, then they will immediately take blood samples and run lots of tests. If they do an ultrasound and say they can't find the ovaries or uterus, don't worry--if its CAH , then they are there but too small to see. This is not unusual. Don't let it frighten you.
She will be fine. They will start her on medications and will monitor her closely. Call us if we can help you in any way.
Kelly R. Leight President and CEO CARES Foundation, Inc. (Congenital Adrenal hyperplasia Research, Education and Support) 2414 Morris Ave., Suite 110 Union, NJ 07083 Office: (973) 912-3895 Toll free: (866) 227-3737 Fax: (973) 912-8990 Email: kelly@caresfoundation.org Website: www.caresfoundation.org Disclaimer: Any communication from CARES Foundation, Inc. is intended for informational and educational purposes only and in no way should be taken to be the provision or practice of medical, nursing or professional health-care advice or services. The information should not be considered complete or exhaustive and should not be used in place of the visit, call, consultation or advice of your physician or other health-care provider. You should not use the information in this or any CARES Foundation, Inc. communication to diagnose or treat CAH or any other disorder without first consulting with your physician or healthcare provider. Any referral to physicians is provided as a courtesy only.
