Indian doctors operated on a seven-month-old boy born with eight limbs. For the first time in the world, doctors were able to successfully remove extra arms and legs from a child, and after that restore the baby’s physical disabilities that arose due to a congenital anomaly, reports Hindu.
infosmi.netIt is reported that the operated child was born with a diagnosis of polymelia - the boy had 4 arms and 4 legs at birth. In addition to removing extra limbs, doctors also had to correct the child’s physical deficiencies, namely the position of his legs and posture, which were impaired due to the disease.
The operation to remove extra arms and legs from a baby born with eight limbs took place in several stages. First, surgeons removed his extra legs, after which they performed a series of operations on the baby’s cardiovascular system to ensure normal functioning of his heart and blood supply to the body. At the last stage, the extra arms were removed. The entire surgical process took place over seven months.
Surgeons reported that the baby feels good after the operation and is recovering quickly. It is expected that he will be discharged home on April 17, where his parents will help their son undergo the rehabilitation period.
The Iraqi baby, Karam, now seven months old, was flown to India in October 2016 for complex surgery to remove his extra limbs.
Performed abroad - in a hospital in Delhi (Jaypee Hospital, Delhi) - the surgical intervention in three stages became the world's first successful operation for polymelia.
Karam's parents, initially horrified by their boy's condition, went home "completely happy," hospital staff said.
Karam's father, Sarwed Ahmed Nadar, 28, said he hoped to raise his son normal and healthy after the operation.
Senior consultant orthopedic surgeon Dr Gaurav Rathore, who was involved in the removal of the extra arms and legs, said that some of the manipulations done on Karam had never been practiced before.
“The boy had four extra limbs at birth, of which two arms and one leg were developed like a normal child.”
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“One of the legs turned out to be shorter than its normal size, and the other was divided into two parts, similar to separate limbs.”
“In addition, two limbs protruded from the abdomen - one like a leg, the other like an arm. The baby’s leg, placed in the right place, also turned out to be slightly crooked.”
Karam suffered from an extremely rare condition in which his conjoined twin did not fully form.
Instead of forming a separate body, a situation occurred in which the undeveloped child's limbs were absorbed into Karam's body.
Polymelia occurs in the womb when, during embryonic development, cells begin to grow abnormally.
The embryo develops as conjoined twins. However, one of the twins stops growing, so its remaining limbs are attached to the body of the other.
There are literally only a few cases of polymelia reported worldwide, causing doctors to face a number of difficulties.
The first part of Karam's surgery involved removing a limb protruding from his abdomen.
Surgeons then corrected the heart "problems" also caused by the boy's rare condition.
At the final stage, doctors removed all the extra limbs. To correct other abnormalities, however, Karam will require more procedures as he gets older.
As a medical tourism hub, India attracts thousands of patients from all over the world due to its low cost and high quality of medical care.
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Back in the spring, in the small Indian town of Dumri-Isri, baby with 8 limbs .
However, the boy's father was not at all depressed by the news that his son was born with such serious defects . The man attributed deviations in the development and appearance of the child to the extraterrestrial origin of his child.
God incarnate
Moreover, the man stated that the baby is the incarnation of the many-armed god Ganesh.
Thousands of believers who gathered at the newborn's home to see the unusual child born with eight limbs think so too.
Residents of the city expressed a desire to worship the baby as a Hindu god.
Child with 4 arms and 4 legs
The boy, who had not yet been given a name, was born with four legs and four arms. Presumably, this congenital deviation occurred due to underdevelopment conjoined twins , which a woman was supposed to give birth to.
However, superstitious Hindus took the appearance of an unusual baby as a sign from above. In their opinion, this The miracle child is an incarnation of the Hindu god Ganesha.
God Ganesha
Ganesha is one of the most important gods in the Hindu religion. He is worshiped by millions of people in India.
God Ganesha is represented as an elephant man with four arms.
Some who came to the newborn's home said that they had traveled hundreds of kilometers to see the unusual baby.
One of the “pilgrims” admitted to local media that he had traveled almost a thousand kilometers to catch a glimpse of the boy.
He says that when a friend sent him a photograph of a child, at first he did not believe that this could actually happen and mistook the picture for a photomontage.
However, then the news about the birth of an unusual boy was published in newspapers and shown on television.
There was no longer any doubt: the light, indeed, a boy with 8 limbs appeared. And crowds of curious people moved to his parents’ house to see with their own eyes the miracle, which everyone immediately dubbed the incarnation of God on earth.
It is worth noting that this is not the first child born in India with physical defects, from whom Hindus made a deity, since they perceived a genetic deviation as sign from above.
Boy with a tail
13 year old Arshid Ali Khan also not quite an ordinary Indian child. Due to a genetic mutation, the boy grew a real tail.
However, the teenager was not worried that he had such a serious defect in appearance. Moreover, local residents elevated Arshid to the rank of a deity, as they saw in him incarnation of the monkey god Hanuman.
Monkey god Hanuman
It is worth noting that the boy was incredibly happy about this fact and responsibly approaches the “fulfillment” of the mission entrusted to him - to fulfill role of the monkey god.
This continued until Arshid underwent surgery. to remove a 25 cm tail.
Of course, along with his famous ponytail, the boy also lost his divine status. However, now he is no different from his peers.
A child born in India with four arms and legs is considered by locals to be the incarnation of a local god. In fact, the deformations of the baby’s body are due to the fact that he merged with his twin brother in the womb.
Panic reigned on the streets of the Indian city of Baruipur when local residents learned of the birth of a child with eight limbs. The fact is that in Hinduism, some deities are depicted precisely as creatures with eight arms and legs, so residents began to consider this baby to be the reincarnation of God. Many people specially come to this town, located in the state of West Bengal, to see the child and, if possible, touch him and receive a blessing. Local police complain that they have great difficulty controlling the crowds. Hundreds of people are crying in the streets and trying to get to the hospital where the baby is now.
Meanwhile, the birth defect that caused the appearance of additional limbs was caused by the fact that there were initially two children in the womb. However, one of the twins did not fully develop, and at some stage the two children merged with each other when the stronger one absorbed the weaker one. The baby's relatives are overwhelmed with joy over his birth defect, as they consider him to be the reincarnation of the god Brahma, and even the son of this deity, who is always depicted with eight limbs.
“When he was first born, we couldn’t believe it,” one of the child’s relatives told local television. “The nurses said that these were severe deformities, but we immediately saw that we were looking at the signs of the son of God. This is a real miracle, he God's son. Indian gods have extra limbs, just like him."
Back in the spring, in the small Indian town of Dumri-Isri, a baby with 8 limbs was born.
However, the boy's father was not at all depressed by the news that his son was born with such serious defects. The man attributed deviations in the development and appearance of the child to the extraterrestrial origin of his child.
God incarnate
Moreover, the man stated that the baby is the incarnation of the many-armed god Ganesh.
Thousands of believers who gathered at the newborn's home to see the unusual child born with eight limbs think so too.
Residents of the city expressed a desire to worship the baby as a Hindu god.
Child with 4 arms and 4 legs
The boy, who had not yet been given a name, was born with four legs and four arms. Presumably, this congenital deviation occurred due to underdevelopment conjoined twins , which a woman was supposed to give birth to.
However, superstitious Hindus took the appearance of an unusual baby as a sign from above. In their opinion, this The miracle child is an incarnation of the Hindu god Ganesha.
God Ganesha
Ganesha is one of the most important gods in the Hindu religion. He is worshiped by millions of people in India.
God Ganesha is represented as an elephant man with four arms.
Some who came to the newborn's home said that they had traveled hundreds of kilometers to see the unusual baby.
One of the “pilgrims” admitted to local media that he had traveled almost a thousand kilometers to catch a glimpse of the boy.
He says that when a friend sent him a photograph of a child, at first he did not believe that this could actually happen and mistook the picture for a photomontage.
However, then the news about the birth of an unusual boy was published in newspapers and shown on television.
There was no longer any doubt: the light, indeed, a boy with 8 limbs appeared. And crowds of curious people moved to his parents’ house to see with their own eyes the miracle, which everyone immediately dubbed the incarnation of God on earth.
It is worth noting that this is not the first child born in India with physical defects, from whom Hindus made a deity, since they perceived a genetic deviation as sign from above.
Boy with a tail
13 year old Arshid Ali Khan also not quite an ordinary Indian child. Due to a genetic mutation, the boy grew a real tail.
However, the teenager was not worried that he had such a serious defect in appearance. Moreover, local residents elevated Arshid to the rank of a deity, as they saw in him incarnation of the monkey god Hanuman.
Monkey god Hanuman
It is worth noting that the boy was incredibly happy about this fact and responsibly approaches the “fulfillment” of the mission entrusted to him - to fulfill role of the monkey god.
This continued until Arshid underwent surgery. to remove a 25 cm tail.
Of course, along with his famous ponytail, the boy also lost his divine status. However, now he is no different from his peers.
