Thursday, December 22, 2011

Born in Brazil, two-headed baby's health

Woman in Brazil gave birth to a two-headed boy and the doctor said, newborn health. Maria de nazare have decided to name right, share a heart, lung, liver, pelvis, Emanoel and Jesus.

When the doctor scanned her, they realized that the baby two heads of state and normal childbirth would be a great mother and the baby's risk, "hospital director Claudionor DE Los Assis told Brazilian newspaper O Povo. "Cesarean delivery took an hour because the baby seat. "

"Although we managed to save our mothers and babies, it is our goal as a small hospital room all the problems," he said. "For us it is a great surprise to find that the child is really good health."

Denazhalei expect twins, found only about two minutes ago, led by children, the doctor recommended that she have a Caesarean section to save her life and her baby. With the two heads of state, 9.9-pound newborn independent thorn.

In some way one's brain is underdeveloped at birth, a head is removed, in order to save children's lives. But like this, where there are two functioning brain, in rare cases, the doctor's decision-making process complexity.

"If their brains are functioning, we have to choose which to delete first?" Neila Dahas, Santa Casa hospital director said. "We do not consider the possibility of surgery, we have to think at this moment, is to maintain the good condition of the children, to see how they will develop."

Conjoined twins sharing a body, but independent of head, is extremely rare, but not without precedent. This is the second time this year, was born in Brazil. However, other children died a few hours after the first child, due to lack of oxygen.

Have at least 14 dicephalic in conjoined twins born over the past 200 years.

In the U.S., 21-year-old Abigail and Zell 1996 Learning Channel documentary from the subject, and appeared in Oprah Winfrey Show.