When Hannah Doyle gave birth to her fourth child, a little boy was named walleye, she quickly noticed something different compared to her other deliveries. She told the South West News Service: “When I looked at his eyes they were really swollen and looked a bit like tonsils. As I made skin to skin, I could see that my baby was different. I knew immediately that there was something unusual. »
Additional exams
performed by doctors Additional exams on her newborn. And Hannay Doyle was right to warn her, because maternal instincts seldom fail. Doctors told her her son was missing part of chromosome 22. The baby suffers Chromosome Deletion Syndrome.
What is this disease?
This rare disease affects between 1/4,500 and 1/10,000 births. It is characterized by congenital heart defects, palate defects, facial dysmorphism, immunodeficiency. Gastrointestinal malformations, deafness, kidney abnormalities, learning disabilities, and developmental delays can also occur.
What treatment?
A Cardiac Surgery, Palatinate may be necessary. The management of…
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