What is Meckel?
Meckel syndrome is a rare genetic disease that causes a number of congenital defects affecting multiple body organs. The diagnosis is usually made by ultrasound during the second trimester of pregnancy, although some newborns are diagnosed as a result of apparent physical deformities at birth. The most common symptoms of Meckel syndrome include enlarged soft spots, extra fingers or fingers, polycystic kidneys and insufficiently developed lungs and liver. Although pregnancy may seem normal, a child with this condition will either be dead or die shortly after birth. The deformities associated with Meckel syndrome do not support life and since 2011 there has been no treatment to prolong the life of the child. This causes the bags to be called encephalocels on the brain and the surrounding membranes. These bags are full of cerebrospinal fluid, protection that normally protects the brain and spinal cord from injury, and may occur on any area of the head. This type of congenital defect is often fatal even if it accompaniesOther symptoms of Meckel syndrome. Shortened limbs and other fingers or fingers are also common in children who have this disease.
Polycystic kidneys are usually seen in infants that have Meckel syndrome. This means that the kidneys are covered with tens or even hundreds of cysts filled with liquid that can vary very much. These cysts can overtake healthy kidney tissue and cause so much damage that the kidneys are unable to filter enough waste materials from the blood to support the patient's life. Kidney failure in newborns is almost always fatal.
Thelungs and liver are usually seriously developed in children who have Meckel syndrome. These deformities are often so serious that the newborn is not able to breathe independently after birth and is the main reason why there are many children who have this condition, dead. In some cases there are obvious physical deformitiesy involving head and face, although these abnormalities may vary considerably. Genetic counseling is recommended to parents who had a child with a diagnosed child, because it is possible that future children also develop. It is often recommended that parents who have lost a child with this rare genetic disease are considered to be absent advice or family therapy.