A case of the birth of such a child came to light in India, which surprised even the doctors. Here a child is born who has two heads, three hands and two hearts.
Shaheen Khan and her husband Sohail were initially told that their twins were about to be born. But when the children were born, the eyes of everyone in the maternity ward, including the doctors, were torn apart. Shaheen gave birth to a child who has two heads. This case is from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh. Soon after the birth of the newborn, he was referred to a major hospital in Indore, while the mother of the child was kept in the district hospital itself.
Doctors say that this is a disease called Dycephalic Paraphagus. The doctor believes that this is a rare case. The chances of survival of such children are very less.
Symptoms
There are no specific signs or symptoms that indicate a conjoined twin pregnancy. As with other twin pregnancies, the uterus may grow faster than with a single fetus, and there may be more fatigue, nausea and vomiting early in the pregnancy. Conjoined twins can be diagnosed early in the pregnancy using standard ultrasound.
What is Dycephalic Paraphagus Disease?
Dycephalic paraphagus disease is a rare form of partial fusion with two ends on the same body. Such a connection of newborn babies is also known in common language as two-headed children. Most of the children born in this way die before birth or soon after birth. The chances of survival of children connected in this way are very less.
According to the Mayo Clinic, such twins are fused together in the pelvis, abdomen or chest but have separate heads. In addition, these twins may have two, three or four arms and two or three legs. In such children, the body parts are sometimes the same or may be different. There have been many such cases where doctors have separated the children conjoined but the chances of this are very less. Also, in this type of surgery, it depends on where the children are attached and which organs they are sharing.
How twins are joined
Conjoined twins are typically classified according to where they're joined, usually at matching sites, and sometimes at more than one site. They sometimes share organs or other parts of their bodies. The specific anatomy of each pair of conjoined twins is unique.
Conjoined twins may be joined at any of these sites:
Chest. Thoracopagus (thor-uh-KOP-uh-gus) twins are joined face to face at the chest. They often have a shared heart and may also share one liver and upper intestine. This is one of the most common sites of conjoined twins.
Abdomen. Omphalopagus (om-fuh-LOP-uh-gus) twins are joined near the bellybutton. Many omphalopagus twins share the liver, and some share the lower part of the small intestine (ileum) and colon. They generally do not share a heart.
Base of spine. Pygopagus (pie-GOP-uh-gus) twins are commonly joined back to back at the base of the spine and the buttocks. Some pygopagus twins share the lower gastrointestinal tract, and a few share the genital and urinary organs.
Length of spine. Rachipagus (ray-KIP-uh-gus), also called rachiopagus (ray-kee-OP-uh-gus), twins are joined back to back along the length of the spine. This type is very rare.
Pelvis. Ischiopagus (is-kee-OP-uh-gus) twins are joined at the pelvis, either face to face or end to end. Many ischiopagus twins share the lower gastrointestinal tract, as well as the liver and genital and urinary tract organs. Each twin may have two legs or, less commonly, the twins share two or three legs.
Trunk. Parapagus (pa-RAP-uh-gus) twins are joined side to side at the pelvis and part or all of the abdomen and chest, but with separate heads. The twins can have two, three or four arms and two or three legs.
Head. Craniopagus (kray-nee-OP-uh-gus) twins are joined at the back, top or side of the head, but not the face. Craniopagus twins share a portion of the skull. But their brains are usually separate, though they may share some brain tissue.
Head and chest. Cephalopagus (sef-uh-LOP-uh-gus) twins are joined at the face and upper body. The faces are on opposite sides of a single shared head, and they share a brain. These twins rarely survive.
Risk factors
Because conjoined twins are so rare, and the cause isn't clear, it's unknown what might make some couples more likely to have conjoined twins.
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