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Edwards Syndrome in Babies
There are numerous types of conditions that a newborn can be affected with like birth defects and genetic conditions. Edwards syndrome is one of these extremely rare and dangerous conditions.
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What is Edwards' Syndrome (Trisomy 18)?
Edwards' syndrome, or trisomy 18, is a rare and likely fatal condition where a baby is born with an abnormal number of chromosomes in the human body cells. Commonly, babies are born with 46 chromosomes, these are usually divided into 23 pairs. The babies with trisomy 18 or Edwards syndrome chromosome are born with 3 copies of the 18th chromosome.
This rare disease can be extremely hard to combat and most babies with the 18th chromosome disorder barely survive the first few weeks or months. Those who do beat the odds and survive their first year are known to face numerous complex and difficult medical conditions. This illness manifests before birth and babies develop Edwards syndrome in pregnancy making it hard for them to grow properly in the womb. It is important to understand the unique challenges faced by a baby born with extra chromosome.
What are the Causes of Edwards Syndrome?
Researchers are still unclear on the exact trisomy 18 causes, but opine that the risk of the disease manifesting is higher if the baby is conceived at a more advanced age. Due to the low number of survivors of the disease, researchers still cannot answer predominant questions like - can Edwards' syndrome be inherited? Doctors are hoping that with the development of medical technology and a firm source of funding they can identify the causes of Edwards' syndrome in the not so distant future.
Edwards’ Syndrome (Trisomy 18) Symptoms
Most children afflicted with Edwards’ syndrome are diagnosed before birth and doctors believe that most of these infants do not survive long enough to be born. The battle for survival begins before birth for these babies. If they do survive till birth, trisomy 18 symptoms can be another prolonged battle to overcome.
Symptoms of Edwards' syndrome include several growth abnormalities like:
Abnormalities of the craniofacial features (the skull, neck, ears, and jaw)
Under-developed fingernails
Major defects to the heart
Major deficiencies to the kidney
Heavily clenched fists where the fingers override
Neurodevelopmental disabilities are common. This is when the nerves in the new-born’s body begin to deteriorate in a manner where the brain and the entire nervous system have trouble functioning.
Intrauterine growth depreciation happens when the baby either stops growing as a fetus in the womb or the growth is extremely slow due to problems with its development.
Diagnosis
A majority of Edwards’ syndrome cases can be diagnosed prenatally, with almost 2/3 of the cases diagnosed through routine pregnancy screenings during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Beta hCG, plasma protein, alpha-fetoprotein, inhibin A and unconjugated estriol are all serum markers used during these screenings. They also help with the diagnosis of trisomy 18 disease. Using serum markers with the additional routine pregnancy tests like an ultrasound that detects nuchal translucency and most other anatomic anomalies can help increase the accuracy of the diagnosis of Edwards’ syndrome. Nuchal translucency is a type of ultrasound that is used to detect and measure the fluid behind the baby’s back and neck.
CVS or Chronic villi sampling is another tool used to help diagnose trisomy 18. Identification and diagnosis of this disease is a vital step towards both preparing the parents and caregivers for the future as well as towards identifying and better understanding this disease which may help reduce the future fatalities caused by this illness.
What is the Treatment for Edwards’ Syndrome?
Edwards’ syndrome treatment is completely dependent on the severity of the symptoms. Unfortunately, there is still no cure for babies diagnosed with Edwards’ syndrome. The best that can be hoped for under these circumstances is that the management of the symptoms can combat the disease itself, or at the very least, provide some form of reprieve to the child. The primary focus of pediatric specialists dealing with Edwards’ syndrome is to get the baby through the first year.
The cause of death for a majority of these babies during the first year is:
Cardiac failure – Several heart problems that are caused by Edwards' syndrome could be the cause of death.
Neurological instability – Trisomy 18 can cause nerve damage, this can destabilize the central nervous system leading to a fatal outcome.
Respiratory failure – Like the heart, trisomy 18 can damage the lungs severely and could lead to the death of the baby.
Infants diagnosed with mosaic trisomy 18 or incomplete trisomy 18 will have treatments more focused towards the management and treatment of symptomatic abnormalities that are present due to the extreme variables present during prognosis.
Important note: The best-case scenario is very unlikely, physicians train to prepare parents and caregivers early for the extremely high fatality rate of this disease.
What is the Lifespan for Babies with Edwards’ Syndrome(Trisomy 18)?
Researchers believe the lifespan of a baby with trisomy 18 have bleak chances of survival. Edwards' syndrome life expectancy for infants on average is 3 days to 2 weeks, trisomy 18 life span for the first 24 hours is nearly 60% to 75% and this drops to 20% to 60% for the first week.
Trisomy 18 life expectancy beyond the first week begins to deteriorate very quickly - only 9% to 18% of infants are expected to survive the first six months and only 5% to 10% of babies survive the first full year.
Other Facts
There are two types of trisomy 18:
1. Mosaic Trisomy 18
Mosaic trisomy 18 is a much less severe version of the full disease, with only 5% of babies diagnosed with this. This is when only parts of chromosome 18 are diagnosed as abnormal.
Note: This is also known as incomplete trisomy 18 or partial trisomy 18
2. Full Trisomy 18
This is the variation of the disease that is caused when chromosome 18 is fully abnormal. This has a much higher fatality rate and is more common.
We have covered the full variant of trisomy 18 in this article.
There are numerous support groups and communities to help loved ones through challenging times like these. Your primary care physician should be able to connect you to some of the support groups as well as recommend a psychologist to help with managing emotions, grief therapy and gaining closure.
Conclusion:
If a baby is born with Edwards' Syndrome, it is important that the mother and the family remain strong and prepare to deal with the circumstances. It should not deter you or let you lose hope in yourself. Read more
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However, not everyone is openly accepting of these ‘unconventional’ methods, as seen by a recent tweet by Twitter user, Chand Sultana Dora. She claimed that producer-director Karan Johar’s twins, Roohi and Yash, are being deprived of a mother’s love, probably seeing as how Karan is raising them as a single father. While the original tweet has been deleted, Karan’s response to the comment speaks volumes about his anger at this accusation! He replied:
‘Ma’m!! With all due respect! Get a life! There are larger issues the country is combatting at the moment and it can very well do without your narrow mindedness! My babies are being LOVED and that’s all that matters...and FYI they have a mother!! My mother! Get it! ???’
Source: https://twitter.com/dora_chand/status/1096126248894423040
In fact, his sincere (and quite frank!) tweet was met with a response from Chand, who seems to have repented her words. She wrote:
“Sir i truely believe that they r being loved & getting much more facilities from many children of this world.”
Source: https://twitter.com/dora_chand/status/1096126248894423040
While her original comment may have been hurtful and unwarranted, Chand’s second statement seems to display a change of mind about her earlier stance.
Many celebrities have welcomed their babies through surrogacy - there’s Sunny Leone, Shah Rukh Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, his sister Ekta Kapoor, who recently joined the parenting bandwagon, and so many others. Karan Johar is also part of that list - the producer-director became a father to twins Roohi and Yash in the month of February, in 2017.
He is a devoted parent (his Instagram bio reads - A father and then a filmmaker - aawww!) to his little ones, so it’s obvious why a statement about his children not being loved enough would elicit such a response from him. In a recent interview, he did mention that being a single parent can be daunting sometimes. He tries his best to make sure that they do not feel incomplete in any sense, since they don’t have the presence of their mother in their lives. However, Karan’s mother, Hiroo, is a big part of their family and they’re actually co-parenting the twins - in fact, his kids call her ‘mama’ and not ‘dadi’! Seems like things are as Karan expressed in his tweet - Roohi and Yash are very much receiving all the maternal affection they need!
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Whether you’re a conventional family of two-parents-and-kids, or are single-handedly parenting your child (whether by choice or circumstance), or have chosen to welcome kids into your life through methods like IVF, adoption, or surrogacy, what truly matters is how you treat your child. If your little one is loved to the moon and back, by you and the different people in his or her life, then that’s all that truly matters! Read more
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सभी पाठकों को मेरा प्रणाम । लीजिए फिर हाजिर हूं अपनी एक नयी स्वरचित कविता के साथ ।
" जिंदगी का अनमोल रतन है दोस्ती
जिंदगी जीने का दूसरा नाम है दोस्ती "
हमने मिटटी के घरों में रहकर भी हमेशा दोस्तों के साथ बैठ कर परियों और राजाओं की कहानियां सुनीं
बचपन में मोहल्ले के मैदान में अपने दोस्तों के साथ परंपरागत खेल, गिल्ली-डंडा, छुपा-छिपी, खो-खो, कबड्डी, कंचे जैसे खेल खेले हैं।
" जिंदगी का अनमोल रतन है दोस्ती
जिंदगी जीने का दूसरा नाम है दोस्ती "
साथ बैठकर दोस्तों के संग कम बल्ब की पीली रोशनी में होम वर्क भी किया है और नावेल भी पढ़ी हैं।
दोस्तों ने हमारे लिए अपने जज़्बात, खतों में आदान प्रदान किये हैं।
जिन्होंने स्याही वाली दावात या पेन से कॉपी, किताबें, कपडे और हाथ काले, नीले किये है।
दोस्तों का गहरा प्यार है दोस्ती,
दूर होकर भी जो दूर ना लगे,
एक ऐसा ही एहसास तो है दोस्ती।
" जिंदगी का अनमोल रतन है दोस्ती
जिंदगी जीने का दूसरा नाम है दोस्ती "
हम दोस्तों के साथ मोहल्ले के बुज़ुर्गों को देख कर
नुक्कड़ से भाग कर घर आ जाया करते थे।
जिन्होने खूबसूरत रिश्तो और उनकी मिठास बांटना सिखाया है।
दोस्त कम पढ़े लिखे ही सही, उनके घर भले ही छोटे सही,
मगर क़द में वह हमेशा कहीं ज्यादा बड़े हुआ करते थे।
*हम ही वो खुशनसीब लोग हैं, जिन्होंने दोस्तों के बीच रिश्तों की मिठास महसूस की है...*
जिंदगी में दोस्त बनते हैं एक ही बार
लेकिन वह याद आते हैं बार-बार
मुसीबत में साथ देने हर पल तैयार
" जिंदगी का अनमोल रतन है दोस्ती
जिंदगी जीने का दूसरा नाम है दोस्ती "
प्रेम के सागर की पतवार है दोस्ती
विश्वास की मजबूत दीवार है दोस्ती
होली के रंगों की तरह होती है दोस्ती
सावन के झूलों की तरह होती है दोस्ती
जीवन में अमावस की रात भी आए अगर
टिमटिमाते दीपों की दिपावली है दोस्ती
इसीलिए तो हमेशा यादगार बनें दोस्ती
" जिंदगी का अनमोल रतन है दोस्ती
जिंदगी जीने का दूसरा नाम है दोस्ती "
समस्त पाठकों, आपको मेरी कविता कैसी लगी यह बताइएगा जरूर।
धन्यवाद आपका ।
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Before the scanning day, it was a normal long call with my in-laws and to my surprise, they told me to pray for a son as daughters are no less than a liability to their parents. They do no good to their parents. 'Ladki kabhi ladke ki barabari nahi kar sakti. Ladka hoga toh jackpot hai', meaning that girls can never be equal to guys. This made me anxious. What if it's a girl! Then I suddenly regained my senses; I cannot be biased. It’s my own child. Who is to say girls are not equal to boys. Both are equally tremendous and do a stupendous job at their respective places. And women surely gain the first place as nothing can match their versatility as a daughter, a wife and a mother.
Then the scanning day arrived and it when the results came, it was a girl. On hearing this, the smiles of my family members vanished. Everyone at home started pointing finger at me for not having a male child! Why is a baby girl such big taboo in the society? My in-laws probably have forgotten that it was a woman who gave birth to their son. Male race is born from the female race. Isn’t it a substantial thing that the so called 'superior gender' is born from an inferior one? So now the question is, who is far more ahead - the male species or the female species? Why is it that those long hours of labour, that painful stretching of the uterus and those suicidal contractions are not paid heed to?
I, in fact, am proud to give birth to a baby girl, a warrior, a fighter and a maker of the next generation. This post is to all those mothers-in-law to stop endorsing male child and to those mums to take pride in being a mom of a baby girl.
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Some Dangerous Beauty Treatments You Should Consider Chucking
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Something as regular as a manicure can turn into a dangerous beauty treatment if not done right. It can lead to fungal and bacterial infections if the tools used at the parlour or at home are not clean. It’s, therefore, extremely important to visit a salon where hygiene is given priority. Meanwhile, gel manicure, which is a hot favourite among young women, isn't too good for you either. It can expose you to harmful UV light, weaken your nail bed and damage the cuticles.
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4. Laser hair removal
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5. Botox injections
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A. Some women may have vomiting throughout their pregnancy. The most common reason for vomiting during the third trimester may be gastritis. Make sure you eat small frequent meals, preferably every 2 hours. If your baby's weight during checkups are adequate..u needn't worry much about this. You can also consult your doctor and take anti emetics and PPIs if the vomiting is bothering you or interfering with your daily activities.
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