If you are diagnosed with strep, you will stop being contagious approximately 24 hours after starting an antibiotic. Antibiotics should help alleviate your symptoms within one or two days, although in some people the symptoms may last up to a week.
Testing can be done before a baby is born to find out if it has thalassemia and determine how severe it may be. Tests used to diagnose thalassemia in fetuses include: 1  Chorionic villus sampling. 2  This test is usually done around the 11th week of pregnancy and involves removing a tiny piece of the placenta for evaluation.3  Amniocentesis.f your doctor suspects your child has thalassemia, he or she may confirm a diagnosis using blood tests. If your child has thalassemia, blood tests may reveal: 1  A low level of red blood cells. 2  Smaller than expected red blood cells.
Most women who develop diabetes during pregnancy give birth to healthy babies, with blood sugar levels returning to normal after the birth. You should be offered another glucose tolerance test around three months after your baby is born to check that this is the case for you (Lloyd 2009, NCCWCH 2008) .ou're more likely to develop gestational diabetes if: The test is usually carried out when you're between 24 weeks and 28 weeks pregnant (NCCWCH 2008: 60) . If you've had gestational diabetes before or are at risk of developing it (see risk factors above), you'll be offered the test earlier.