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This test helps to detect Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ( G6PD) deficiency in the body.
This is a Type of enzyme which helps the red blood cells to work correctly. If Red blood cells are not working properly, then the deficiency of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase occurs.
It is a disorder that affects the cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues, known as red blood cells. This can break down the destruction of red blood cells, which is critical hemolysis. Hemolytic Anemia is the most common cause of t6PD deficiency,y In which Red blood cells are destroyed faster. An infant with hemolytic anemia has some symptoms like paleness, icterus, jaundice, urine being dark in color, palpitations, and shortness of breath.
Deficiency of Glucose -6-phosphate dehydrogenase is also a significant cause of severe jaundice in newborns.
Mutations of the G6PD gene result from Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency Instructions for making glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase os provided by this mutated gene Th.is enzyme will take part in the routine processing of carbohydrates. It also helps to save the Red blood cells from the byproduct oftypicalmal cellular function called reactive oxygen species.
It may also be caused by infection or unlike the e of drugs sulfonamides, antimalarial drugs, or blood thinner like aspirin.
Risk factors for G6PD deficient males release more prone to this deficiency than the female
The normal range for G6PD activity is 10.15–14.71 U/g Hb for neonates and adults 6.75–11.95 U/g Hb
isD are dissected in newborns within a day when the baby is born by estimating the activity of enzymes in the blood which are present in the cord. Then they are protected from the activators by keeping the sample in the hospital for the first two weeks of life.
Samples were collected from the cord of the infant, and then it was placed in tubes that contained ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid and then transferred to the laboratory. The samples were checked instead to determine if they were sufficient for or. Suppose any clot of hemolysis occurs, then the test will repeat.
| Test Type | G6PD Newborn Screen |
| Includes | G6PD Newborn Screen Test (Pathology Test) |
| Preparation | |
| Reporting | Within 24 hours* |
| Test Price |
₹ 125
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