Baby born with eight limbs in Pakistan

Treatment ... baby boy born with eight limbs is being cared for in hospital.

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DOCTORS in Pakistan are desperately fighting to save a baby boy born with eight limbs.
 
The unnamed week-old lad, who has six legs, was born with a parasitic twin attached to his abdomen.

The case is similar to that of Indian toddler Lakshmi Tatma, who was also born with eight limbs and worshipped as a deity in her home state of Bihar back in 2005.

Little Lakshmi made headlines around the world when she was successfully operated upon in 2007 – and then started school walking like any other happy youngster in 2010.




 Parasitic twins, which form when twin embryos fail to fully separate in the womb, are incredibly rare and occur in about one in 100,000 births.

The latest case in Sukkur, 240 miles from the city of Karachi, attracted the attention of government officials, who have promised to fund an operation to help the youngster.

The baby boy’s father Imran Shaikh, an X-ray technician, said he was grateful his son was being treated.

He said: “We are a poor family. I am thankful to the government for helping us treat my baby.”






 
Long road ahead ... the little lad will need several operations if he is to live a normal life


Jamal Raza, director of the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi, told reporters that the baby is one of a pair of parasitic twins.

He added: “It is not one baby actually. They are two, one of them is premature.
“The doctors are examining the infant to plan for necessary treatment to save his life and ensure he lives a normal life.”

Parasitic twins are more common in Africa and Asia, where pre-natal screening is less common and birth defects are harder to detect.



Rare ... parasitic twins occur in only one in every 100,000 births



 MyView by Dr Carol Cooper

THIS little boy is in for a rocky road and a huge series of operations if he is to live a normal life.

Multi-limbed babies are associated with conjoined twins, which occur when the fertilised egg splits into two or even three at least 15 days after fertilisation.

Nobody really knows why this happens but conjoined twins aren’t so incredibly rare any more - thanks to advances in medicine, many are surviving long enough in the womb to be born.

If there is a genetic cause then you might expect this to happen in cultures or countries where intermarriage in families is more likely to happen.

Last Words: We hope he becomes better and normal.

Culled from The Sun UK.

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