Comentarios en: Top 10 Weird Anomalies in Medicine

Por: Diez dolencias innatas « Corazón de palo

Diez dolencias innatas « Corazón de palo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:51:47 +0000

[…] Las diez anomalías congénitas más impactantes. Otro de esos “top ten” que colindan con el amarillismo, y espero no se sumen a la lista de estrategias maternas de corte comparativo-manipulativas, semejantes a la de convencer a los nenes para que se traguen las porquerías que conforman la cena (…coma, le dije; recuerde que hay niños desnutridos en África que sin asco se relamerían esa sopa servida en el retrete). Así pues, con esta lista empleada como ejemplo moral, las reprimendas y sutiles amenazas verbales tomarían otra dirección retórica: ¿que te rompiste el codo? ¡Deja de llorar y agradécele al cielo que no padeces Fibrodisplasia osificante progresiva! Lo divertido es que a las mamases no les importan estas deficiencias físicas cuando uno ya las sufre y traspasa el límite de las normas hogareñas: ¡Si vuelves a empujar a tu hermana juro que te doy una trompada tan fuerte que te va a sacar el gemelo parásito por el culo! […]

Por: Kellie

Kellie — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:19:41 +0000

The condition you're describing is probably ectrodactyly, which, literally translating to "monster hands," is little better than the former title of lobster-claw syndrome. Children have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the congenital condition from their parents, so it does tend to be passed on through generations. It's caused by a mutation on certain chromosomes, and hopefully learning more about the condition will cause you to be less "freaked out" by people who look different in the future.

Por: Jenifer

Jenifer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:24:37 +0000

Does anyone know what the name of the birth defect (or deficiency) is that causes humans to have fin-like hands and/or feet? Also, what causes it? I saw someone over the weekend (and his child) that had that, and it kind of freaked me out, because I had never seen that before.

Thank you.

Por: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:03:29 +0000

I wonder if some of these conditions could be behind the legends, such as Bigfoot, Yeti, werewolves, etc.

Por: MalignedTruth

MalignedTruth — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:02:58 +0000

Have met 3 of #2-Twin-in-twin, in Florida, all in the abdomin. One woman, found out at age 19, had to have multiple surgeries, one ovary removed, feared never to give birth, she is mother now, to a very beautiful, normal, girl.

From a family of exceptional beauty, She and her brother had been photographic models, until she started suffering illness upon eating any meal, at age 19.

Doctors found her fetal twin in her abdomin, and now weighing about 16 pounds, resembling a tumor, without form, but the tissue is fetal.

The tragedy of having to quit college (Dentistry), due to the pain, the medications, the surgeries, the side effects, are now over, and, 8 years later, she is a very happy woman.

I like to think that the many prayers of all who met her and discovered the case have helped, and I thank God for the miracles, for the doctors actually predicted she would be barren of child.

She was very shy, and would not readily divulge her problems, until I had known her a year, as she was fiance, then wife, to a good friend.

The man and other woman also related to me they have had surgery, and are parents. I wondered as I had learned of these, plus, had heard of others, whether there is an epidemic, possibly based upon toxins in the environment.

Or, could it just be that in this huge tourist attraction of Central Florida, all roads bring the people here, and I am always curious, to learn things, and met many people, as Psychic reader in the Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Mystics of the Seven Veils, and as a used car consumer advocate, service manager, and dealer.