Naupai laia NIPT test chungchang hi a awlsam zawngin i zir vek ang u.

Nu nau nei tur i nih chuan i doctor-in test chi hrang hrang a hrilh che a ni mai thei. Chung zingah chuan ‘NIPT’ tih test chungchang hi i hre tawh mai thei. Nu tam tak chuan he hming an hriat hian an hlauthawng deuh thin. ‘Hei hi eng nge ni?’, ‘Hei hian naute a tichhe dawn em?’ tih ang chi zawhnate. rilruah lo lang rawh. Chuvangin vawiin hian he NIPT test chungchanga zawhna i neih zawng zawngte chhanna awlsam tak i zawng ang u.

He NIPT test hi eng nge ni?

A awlsam zawngin sawi ila, NIPT hi naupai laiin nausen chromosomal disorder awm theihna tur screening test a ni. A awlsam hle mai. Thisen test pangngai ang bawka tih a ni a, nu kut atanga thisen sample lak a ni.

Ngaihtuah teh, i naupai lai hian i thisenah hian i naute DNA chi hrang hrang te te chu nangmah ngeiin i DNA nen a awm a. Hei hi ``cell-free DNA (cfDNA)'' kan ti a. Chuvangin NIPT test hian a tih tur chu i thisen sample-a i naute DNA fragment te hi enfiah a, naute genetic information chungchang ngaihtuahna engemaw zat neih hi a ni.

NIPT test hian eng nge a zawn?

He test hian genetic disease zawng zawng a hmuchhuak thei lo a, mahse chromosomal abnormalities tlanglawn engemaw zat awm theihna tur a hriat theih nan a pui thei a ni.

NIPT test zawng zawng hian heng zawng zawng hi an en vek lo va, chuvangin i NIPT hian eng nge a zawn dawn tih chiang taka hriat tumin i doctor nen inbiakna neih a pawimawh hle.

Engvangin nge he NIPT test hi tih a nih? Tu tan nge a tha ber?

He test hian a tum ber chu nausen piang lai chu genetic disease engemaw tak a vei theihna tur a nih leh nih loh hriat lawk a ni. Tun hma chuan he test hi nu naupai, risk sang tak nei tan chauh tih a ni thin. Chu chu:

• Nu pakhat, a hmaa nau nei tawh, chromosomal abnormality nei.
• Scan neih laiin nauteah thil dik lo hmuh a nih chuan.
• Test hmasa dang dangin risk a lantir a nih chuan.

Mahse, rawtna hnuhnung ber chu hmeichhe naupai apiangin he test hi an neih duh chuan, a hlauhawmna pawh ngaihtuah lovin, tih theihna hun pek an ni tur a ni. Hei hi i duhthlanna a ni vek.

He test hi eng hun nge tha ber?

NIPT hi naupai kar 10 hnuah engtik lai pawhin tih theih a ni . Nau neih thlengin tih theih a ni tlangpui.

A chhan chu kar 10 hmaa i thisenah nausen DNA a awm tawk loh vang a ni. Chuvangin, kar 10 hmaa hetianga i tih chuan result dik tak hmuh a harsa hle.

NIPT test hi engtiang chiahin nge dik leh him?

Dik chiahna

Hei hi a dikna a sang hle. Down syndrome hmuhchhuahna kawngah a dik hle a, a dikna chu 99% vel a ni . Condition dang tan chuan a dikna chu a hniam deuh thei bawk. Mahse, nau neih hmaa test dang (e.g. quad screen) nena khaikhin chuan NIPT test atanga false positive hmuh theihna chance a tlem hle.

Sahimna

Hei hi nu tam takte harsatna lian ber a ni.

Results hian eng nge a sawi?

A tlangpuiin result hmuh nan kar hnih vel a ngai thin. Results i hmuh hunah hetiang hian an sawi ang:

• Low Risk / Negative: Hei hian i naute hian test-na hmuna a awm theihna chance a nei tlem hle tihna a ni.
• High Risk / Positive: Hei hian i naute hian test-a condition pakhat emaw a aia tam emaw a neih theihna chance engemaw chen a nei thei tihna a ni.

"High Risk" result chuan naute hian natna hi a nei ngei ang tihna a ni lo. Risk a awm tihna mai a ni a, natna hi a awm leh awm loh finfiah nan test dang neih belh a ngai a ni.

Risk a sang a nih chuan eng nge i tih leh ang?

Chutiang a nih chuan i doctor chuan diagnostic test a rawt ang che, chu chuan "yes" emaw "no" emaw tih chhanna chiang tak a pe ang che.

• Amniocentesis: Naute hual vel tui (amniotic fluid) tlemte lakna test a ni. Hei hi kar 15 hnuah tih theih a ni tlangpui.
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS): Naute nausen atanga cell sample tlemte tak tak lakchhuahna test a ni. Hei hi kar 10 leh kar 13 inkarah tih a ni tlangpui.

I doctor chuan heng test chungchang hi a hrilh belh ang che.

Engtin nge he test hi i tih leh neih loh i tih?

He test hi neih tur hian tih tur a awm lo. Hei hi nang leh i chhungte tan chuan mimal thutlukna a ni vek. Chu thu tlûkna siam tûra ṭanpui tûrin, hêng zawhnate hi inzâwt rawh:

• Hetiang test hi "risk" result nen a rawn let leh a nih chuan engtin nge ka awm ang?
• Chutiang a nih chuan `Amniocentesis` emaw `CVS` emaw ang chi confirmatory test neih ka duh ang em?
• Ka naute hian genetic condition a nei tih ka hriat hma chuan ka thutlukna siamte chu a nghawng dawn em ni?
• He thu hriat hian min ti lungngai ang em, ka lungkham ang em? A nih loh leh naute enkawl tura rilru leh taksa lama inbuatsaihnaah min pui dawn em ni?
• Chûng thilte hriat lawk chuan doctor-te chu nau piang hnua naute enkawl ṭhat nân a ṭanpui ang em?

Heng zawhnate chhanna i pekte hmang hian i doctor nen zalen takin inbiakna nei la, thutlukna tha ber siam rawh.