The fourth 'fishman' in the world was born

A baby in India was born with a rare condition of "mermaid syndrome", living only about 10 minutes.

The 22-year-old mother in Saharanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, said she was born at Sahi Ram Hospital on April 29 but did not survive 10 minutes due to a rare disease - fish syndrome , page. Sugardaily reported.

The mother said, during the first 30 weeks of pregnancy, nothing unusual was detected. Only late in pregnancy, ultrasound results show that the baby's kidneys are not developing. When the baby is born, the family and the doctor are extremely surprised by the baby's body.

Dr. Vandana Arya, a gynecologist at the hospital, said: "I have never seen a case like this before. The baby has a fish-like body, a membrane-like hand and two sticky legs. The baby's upper body has completely functional but not developed parts ".

Newborn baby with fishman syndrome.

Fishman syndrome, also known as "Mermaid syndrome", is a life-threatening disease when the legs are fused like a fish's tail. This is a rare congenital malformation in the world. Dr. Arya said, the rare disease makes doctors unable to determine the sex of the child.

According to Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, of the University of Oxford (UK), this syndrome occurs when the child's umbilical cord cannot form two arteries. At that time, the fetal lower body is not provided with enough blood to nourish, causing the two legs to be inseparable.

"Single artery" steals "blood and nutrients to the placental wall, malnutrition, the fetus does not develop two separate limbs, children with this syndrome in the world are very rare, the ratio is about 1 With 100,000 babies, for twins with eggs, this ratio could be 100 times higher, " said Dr. Lindsey.

Dr Vandana adds: "There are many reasons for this situation: excessive intake of drugs, vitamin deficiency, genetics or even maternal diabetes. Most children with this syndrome die after "A few days are born due to kidney and bladder failure. Some cases are very rare, but the survival rate is very low."

This is the first case of Indian fish syndrome and the fourth in the world.