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My baby's scan reveals an echogenic focus of the heart. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, In sonography of the baby's heart, there is an echogenic focus on the left ventricle of the heart. Please suggest. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Intracardiac echogenic foci in the left ventricles are due to papillary muscle injury/insult and most often resolve spontaneously but they hint at the underlying chromosomal abnormality. I would highly recommend an early anomaly scan this week itself instead of 20 w... Read Full »
I am 22 weeks pregnant, scan shows delayed growth. Why?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 35 year old female. I am 22 weeks and two days pregnant and was told at my last scan that the baby is about 10 days behind in size. All the other readings were normal, and the growth of the brain was normal for the gestational age. We are not very tall people. My husband is 5 feet ... Read Full »
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Bhattacharyya
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. There is always some discrepancy while trying to assess the fetal age by ultrasonography (USG) and comparing it with your last menstruation period date. The discrepancies are: In a USG done in the first three months, there is a discrepan... Read Full »
My ultrasound scan revealed fetal brain anomalies. Why?
Query: Hi doctor, I have done four ultrasound scan of my 37 weeks baby showing the impression of the fetal left lateral cerebral ventricle is significantly dilated (approximately 27 mm) with the irregularity of the wall. Left choroid plexus is enlarged and filled with a hypoechoic central part. Corpus call... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. All these suggest that there is a problem on the left side of the baby's brain. To ascertain the cause and extent of the problem, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) brain is definitely required. Based on the MRI, further investigations can be planned. At this point, it is ... Read Full »
Had Addyzoa during pregnancy. Could this do any harm during pregnancy?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 23 weeks pregnant and by mistake, I have taken a wrong medicine by the name of Addyzoa for five days. I am attaching its wrapper for the prescription. I am very very tensed. Please check. Please let me know if this could do any harm to me or baby. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. As Addyzoa is an ayurvedic drug, a herbo-mineral formulation. There are no safety trials reported with it in pregnancy. However, the dose was taken at 23 weeks when organogenesis (formation of different organs) has already taken place, the chance of any birth defects du... Read Full »
I was asked to go for a repeat scan after a normal anatomy scan. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I went in for my anatomy scan at 18 weeks. The scan lasted about 30 minutes. All seemed to look great and the ultrasound tech seemed to be very positive. She commented some on the baby moving but never commented on it hard getting photos due to the movement. She took about 85 images to... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query and images (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity) and understand your concern. Everything seems to be normal and there is nothing to worry about. Suboptimal evaluation means that they could not measure things accurately ... Read Full »
My ultrasound report says mild pyelectasis 6 mm at 24 weeks pregnant. What does it mean?
Query: Hello doctor, The ultrasound scan report says mild pyelectasis 6mm at 24 weeks pregnant, would like to know what it means. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com I read your query and understand your concern. When the pelvis of the kidney is stretched or enlarged, but not enlarged enough for doctors to diagnose hydronephrosis, it is considered pyelectasis. Pyelectasis also is known as renal pelvic dilatation. (Dilatation means s... Read Full »
Why is the entire surface of the fetus fluid-filled?
Query: Hello doctor, Based on the result of the ultrasound, the entire surface of the fetus is fluid-filled from the head all the way to the body of the fetus. What does it mean? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me start by saying that this is not a good sign. I would have preferred to see the scan picture myself. What you are mentioning seems to be hydrops fetalis. Here water gets collected both inside and outside the body. Baby will have water collection in head, lungs,... Read Full »
If mother is alcoholic, are the damage happened to fetus due to FAS reversible?
Query: Hello doctor, I just found out that I am 9 weeks and 5 days pregnant and I have been drinking two standard glasses of wine a day, sometimes less but sometimes more. Twice I had a 1.6 fl oz shot of Gin. I will not drink again now. What are the chances my baby has FAS including facial defects? Will ab... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If you are regularly having alcohol, then yes, there are 10 to 15 percentage chances of having fetal alcohol syndrome. You should get NT scan done at 11 weeks 4 days. Start Folic Acid twice a day. After NT scan, take a decision whether to continue the pregnancy or not. Read Full »
Can the fetal femur lengthen in the 8th month of pregnancy?
Query: Hi doctor, I am in my eighth month of pregnancy. My sixth month scan revealed that the femur length of baby is very short. Also, the doctor informed me that just 3 % of newborns have such a short femur length. Can it be increased during the eighth month of pregnancy? The doctor advised me to get an ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query, Fetal femur length is an important measurement during prenatal ultrasound scans, as it can indicate the growth and development of the fetus. A femur length that is below the third percentage may indicate that the fetus is smaller than expected... Read Full »
Will alcohol consumption up to eight weeks of pregnancy cause damage to the fetus?
Query: Hi doctor,I just found out I am eight weeks and three days pregnant. I have been drinking lightly, but six to eight weeks and two days, I drank almost daily, ranging from one beer in a day to the heaviest days being multiple jello shots. I did not know I was pregnant. Is my baby okay? I am taking pr... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Congratulations on your pregnancy, and I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy. I fully understand your concern and will surely help you. Now coming to the fact that you were consuming alcohol as you were not aware of the fact that you are pregnant. So do not worry... Read Full »