
28/06/2025
What is Anencephaly?
Anencephaly āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ brain āĻāĻŦāĻ skull-āĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ Neural Tube Defect (NTD)āĨ¤
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Causes and Risk Factors
ā§§. Genetic predisposition: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
⧍. Folic acid deficiency: āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ folic acid āύāĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠anencephaly āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦā§ā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
ā§Š. Environmental factors: āĻāĻŋāĻā§ medications, medical conditions, āĻāĻŦāĻ environmental toxins āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžā§ā§ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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Characteristics
ā§§. Absence of brain tissue: āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ brain āĻāĻŦāĻ skull-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
⧍. Physical characteristics: āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ facial features āĻāĻŦāĻ physical abnormalities āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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Diagnosis
ā§§. Prenatal ultrasound: āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ ultrasound āĻāϰ⧠anencephaly āĻļāύāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
⧍. Postnatal examination: āĻāύā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
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Prognosis and Support
ā§§. Poor prognosis: āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ long-term survival-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύā§āĨ¤
⧍. Supportive care: āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ emotional support āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
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Prevention
ā§§. Folic acid supplementation: āĻāϰā§āĻāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ folic acid āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāϞ⧠anencephaly āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĨ¤
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ Anencephaly āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻž āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāĻāĻāϏā§āĻĨ Hospital-āĻ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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