Health and illness of your baby
Health Screening Tests
The Guthrie Test, a blood test for screening rare metabolic disease, is performed on every child between the 3rd and 5th day after birth. It is performed in the hospital or at home.
The Algo test, a screening test to control the hearing of your child, is performed on every child in the second and fourth week after birth. This test is fast and does not hurt, and does help to detect deafness early.
Illnesses and vaccinations
Possible illness of your child can be appear as following: the baby drinks much less than usual, the baby, is less responsive, the baby has a fever. Contact your GP or a paediatrician if you are worried. Babies can get seriously ill quite quickly. You can also call your midwife during the first few weeks after birth; she will then refer you to the appropriate doctor
Vaccinations are injections that your child will get during the first years of his/her life, to prevent it from ill from certain diseases. In Vlaanderen, some vaccinations are obligatory, while other are voluntarily.
Information, services and advice can be found at:
- Informatie over de hielprik
- BOKS.be - Informatie over stofwisselingsziekten
- Informatie over de gehoortest
- Informatie over vaccinaties
- Wijkgezondheidscentrum in je buurt zoeken
- WGC De Sleep – Gent
- WGC Botermarkt – Gent
- WGC Brugsepoort – Gent
- UGC Nieuw Gent – Gent
- WGC Daenshuis – Gent
- WGC De Kaai - Gent
- WGC De Vlier – Sint Niklaas
- WGC Rabot – Gent
- WGC Kapellenberg – Sint Amandsberg
- WGC Watersportbaan - Gent
- Gezondheidscentrum Lokeren
- WGC De Punt - Gentbrugge