Welcome. My name is Divine. This is episode 636 of the Divine Intervention Podcasts.

And in today's podcast, I'm going to be talking about neurotube defects and some associated disorders.

Okay? So, neurotube defects and some associated disorders.

And the thing is, again, I'm going to try to integrate a bunch of things that I think you're going to find to be really helpful for your exams.

So the key thing behind the neurotube defect is basically your neuro pores do not close.

Your neuropores literally do not close.

If they don't close, that's a problem, right?

Because if they don't close, then you're going to have a communication between the spinal

canal and your amniotic cavity.

Those things, they are not supposed to be communicating with each other, right?

They're going to start communicating, and that's a problem because there is basically

a conduit that exists between those two things, right? thing is our friends at the mbm is they like

to test risk factors as many of you know right so like what are the classic risk factors you

think they love to test with regards to neurotube defects on your exams well i hope you're saying

things like you know fully deficiency in mom, right?

So, and one thing you need to be careful about is not just fully deficiency in mom, but it's fully deficiency in mom before she gets pregnant and during pregnancy.

Those two times matter, right? So the thing is they can actually give you a benign question on

your exams where it's a woman that is trying to get pregnant right and then

they ask you which of the following preventive medicine recommendations is

most appropriate at this time or they can say which of the following is the

most appropriate next best step in management you'd want to go ahead and pick

the answer that talks about fully supplementation supplementation, right? That person needs fully supplementation, right? So getting full-ate

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