What is the mermaid syndrome?

Mermaid syndrome is also called sirenomelia and is an extremely rare set of congenital defects that may vary in expression. The condition acquires its name from one of the defects present, which is the joining of the legs. The undivided nature of the legs was compared with the mermaid and therefore the name. The genitals may be wrong or missing, the bladder may be missing, the abnormalities of the spine and the kidneys may be seriously affected. Not so many years ago, the situation would always be fatal within a few hours to days after the birth of a child, but some successful operations have been found that may eventually change the view of the treatment of this disease. Shiloh Pepin, born in 1999, received kidney transplantation, restructic of its urinary path and other intervention. Milagros Cerron, born in 2004, underwent a successful operation to separate her legs, and she is able to walk. Both girls face lifelong medical care. Shiloh received her second kidney transplant in 2007, but realst, that both girls did not die at birth or before, is encouraging.

defects associated with sea syndrome occur approximately once per 100,000 birth. However, with the birth rate of more than four million children a year in the United States, which would indicate that about 40 children in the US are born with this condition. These statistics must be persistent if there is only a handful of children who have survived so far. Part of the problem may include medical prejudices to avoid the treatment of children with a mermaid syndrome and strong recommendations of doctors that there is allowed to die, but proven treatment could change this thinking in time.

Another reason may be survival so bad in sea virgin syndrome that the severity of congenital defects and types of defects may vary. With less severe forms, children may be able to survive treatment. Very serious defects may mean that the condition for some of theThose born with him simply cannot survive. Some children do not even live birth, and in the future, it may be part of the evaluation and treatment of the Sea Virgin syndrome in the future to determine the types and severity of the defects that exist.