Physical deformities. The strangest newborns
And congenital non-hereditary.
Congenital hereditary developmental anomalies
As a result of many years of research in Russia and abroad, it has been established that about 20% of all congenital developmental anomalies (malformations) are hereditary and appear during the period embryonic development fetus from parents with abnormalities in chromosomes and genes. About 10% of anomalies are caused by bad habits and the use of certain substances (alcohol, drugs and certain drugs), poor ecology, and for the remaining 70% of deformities, the causes have not been established.
Every woman wants to give birth to a healthy and beautiful child. In order to avoid congenital malformations, it is necessary to know the causes of their occurrence.
Currently, hundreds of chemical reagents have been identified that can cause damage to chromosomes or genes in parents and provoke intrauterine malformations of the fetus.
Developmental anomalies can be different: the complete absence of any organ (for example, the kidney), underdevelopment of the organ (its small size and mass), too much development of the organ (for example, too big size and brain mass - macrocephaly). In all cases, these deviations adversely affect the physical and mental development of the child, and often lead to his death.
In addition, the structure (narrowing of the intestines, esophagus, underdevelopment of heart valves, etc.), the shape and number of organs (for example, a decrease or increase in the number of fingers and toes, the appearance of extra internal organs, such as an extra kidney and etc.) or an insufficient number of paired organs (for example, one eye or one kidney).
The result of these deviations is early infant mortality (up to 20% of all infant deaths). It is noted that in recent years the percentage intrauterine anomalies fetus is growing steadily.
Not all childhood developmental anomalies appear at an early age. Some of them appear only at the time of puberty or later.
In addition, anomalies can manifest themselves in a metabolic disorder of the child - in the absence of any enzyme, etc.
All violations prenatal development the child is conditionally divided into 5 groups: anatomical, physiological, functional, biochemical and mental.
Of all the violations of intrauterine development of the fetus, the most dangerous are diseases associated with a violation of the structure of chromosomes or their number in cells. Most of these anomalies lead to fetal death or the birth of a non-viable child.
Down syndrome
This is the most common hereditary disease (about 1 in 800 newborns). It is a consequence of a violation of the number of chromosomes in cells (instead of 46 chromosomes, a child has 47 chromosomes in the genotype). This disease affects both girls and boys.
Most often, a child with Down syndrome is born from an elderly mother or father (over 40 years old). This syndrome is found in early stages pregnancy using ultrasound and other methods, but the accuracy of the examination is 95% (the remaining 5% is an erroneous diagnosis). To date, the most accurate diagnosis this disease (up to 99.8%) gives a study of amniotic fluid. If this pathology is detected in the fetus, the parents themselves have the right to decide whether to leave this child to them or not.
characteristic external signs Down's syndrome: crease at the inner corner of the eye, flat face and back of the head small nose, big tongue, open mouth, short neck and skin fold on the neck, shortened limbs and fingers, muscle weakness strabismus may be observed. These children also have heart and duodenal defects, mental retardation.
Expectant mothers need to know that before having an abortion when a child has Down syndrome, you need to think carefully. Such children are very affectionate, kind, and the degree of their dementia varies greatly. At present, such children, although more slowly than healthy children, can be taught by special methods. They begin to walk, talk, read and write. People with this disease marry and live to old age, but such people need to keep in mind that the likelihood of developing this syndrome in their children increases to 50%.
Edwards syndrome
This is the second most common hereditary disease after Down's disease associated with the presence of an extra chromosome in the cells. With this disease, the fetus develops multiple defects. Most often, this syndrome occurs in children born to elderly mothers, mainly in girls. Such a child has a violation of the size of the bones of the skull, sternum, foot, body proportions. In addition, there may be no external ear canal have heart defects and blood vessels, anomalies in the development of the brain, cerebellum and mental retardation. These children, as a rule, are not viable and die before the age of 3 months, rarely - before 1 year. Very rarely, such children live longer, but they are all oligophrenics (mentally retarded).
Klinefelter syndrome
This is a fairly common hereditary disease caused by a change in the number of chromosomes. This syndrome develops only in boys born to elderly mothers. This disease manifests itself only during the period of puberty of the child; he has an underdevelopment of the testicles, there are no or a reduced number of spermatozoa in the semen, and infertility develops. The external development of the boy according to female type: narrow shoulders, wide pelvis, long legs, enlarged mammary glands. Mental and intellectual deviations can be noted. If the first signs of this disease are found, you should immediately consult a doctor to start treatment (most often hormonal).
Hemophilia
This hereditary disease is transmitted to the child from the mother. This disease appears only in boys. With hemophilia, blood clotting is impaired. With appropriate treatment, this disease is not a sentence.
cystic fibrosis
This is the most common hereditary systemic disease.
Cystic fibrosis affects the respiratory and digestive systems, as well as the liver, pancreas, and sex glands. In the body in large quantities mucus accumulates, a painful cough occurs, wheezing in the lungs, the heart is affected, the pancreatic ducts are clogged, diarrhea is replaced by constipation, the stomach is swollen, children grow poorly and gain weight, limbs are thin, with characteristic form fingers, deformed chest, skin tastes salty (if licked). The mental development of such patients is normal, and sometimes even above average. It's heavy congenital disease Currently, it is not completely cured, but with proper maintenance therapy, such patients can live a long and full life. They must receive certain medications for life.
Phenylketonuria
This disease is a consequence of a violation in the child of the exchange of the amino acid phenylalanine, as a result of which there is a delay in his physical and mental development. This disease is detected in the first days of a child's life. It is not a judgment. When appointed special diet the development of this disease can be prevented.
color blindness
This hereditary disease is transmitted from mother to son and manifests itself in the fact that the child does not distinguish some colors (that is, the color vision), most often - red and green. This disease has no cure.
"Hare Lip"
This developmental anomaly lies in the failure of upper lip that interferes with the baby's suckling. Treatment - surgical, in the first months of a child's life. This deformity can be provoked by a lack of food in a pregnant woman.
"Cleft palate"
This is a non-fusion of the upper jaw and hard palate, as a result of which the oral cavity is not separated from the nasal cavity. This defect causes food to enter the windpipe and nasal cavity. Very often, the cleft palate is observed in conjunction with the cleft lip. Treatment - surgical. The reason for this anomaly in the development of the child may be a lack of food in a pregnant woman.
Polydactyly
Polydactyly - the presence of extra fingers or lack of them on the hand or foot, fusion of fingers together, shortening or absence of limbs. Surgical treatment and prosthetics.
Anencephaly, microcephaly, hypercephaly and hydrocephalus
All these are anomalies in the development of the brain. These developmental anomalies can be provoked by a deficiency in the body of a woman or rubella, measles and some other diseases suffered by the mother during pregnancy (especially in the first weeks after conception).
If anencephaly (lack of cerebral hemispheres) is detected in a child, the pregnancy is terminated at any time.
Fusion of twins (so-called Siamese twins)
This is one of the most severe anomalies of intrauterine development of the fetus. Twins can be connected by some part of the body (pelvis, head, etc.), their circulatory and other organ systems can be isolated or connected, one twin can be developed normally, and the other is underdeveloped. These children usually die in early age. When splicing only soft tissues and with the independent functioning of each child, the treatment is operative.
Umbilical and spinal hernias
Hernia of the navel is an exit from the cavity under the skin of the intestine. Such hernias can go away on their own, in severe cases, surgical treatment.
Spinal hernias are the most severe fetal malformations. Most of the children suffering from these malformations die, and paralysis is noted in the survivors, therefore, if such fetal developmental defects are detected, premature termination of pregnancy is indicated.
Malformations of the heart and blood vessels
The cause of these fetal malformations may be a viral or bacterial disease transferred by the mother during pregnancy, as well as a lack of oxygen.
These heart defects, depending on their severity, are treated medically or surgically.
In severe cases, the child dies in utero or immediately after birth.
All anomalies in the development of the fetal skeleton are due to gene or chromosomal disorders in the cells of the unborn child.
In addition, other hereditary diseases are very rare (Hirschsprung's disease, Huntington's disease, Ponter's disease, Willebrand's disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Fraser syndrome, Patau syndrome, Turner's syndrome, marble disease, and many others). Developmental defects also include various birthmarks, some congenital skin diseases, congenital hip dislocation, craniocerebral hernia and others.
Currently, more than 3.5 thousand hereditary developmental anomalies are known. It has been established that more than 5% of all children born are born with various pathologies.
All considered chromosomal and gene hereditary diseases are practically independent of external environment.
by another group hereditary diseases are those to which the child has a hereditary predisposition, but clinically this disease manifests itself only under certain environmental conditions. These diseases include: diabetes, psoriasis, gastric ulcer, hypertension, gout and some others.
Some of the hereditary diseases appear only in old age (for example, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, gout).
If relatives in your family had various serious hereditary diseases, special medical genetic examinations must be completed before conceiving a child.
The risk of developing a hereditary disease and various deformities of the child in closely related marriages increases many times over.
No need to be scared: the considered congenital hereditary diseases are very rare (most often 1 child in several thousand births). Every expectant mother from the first days of pregnancy to the very birth worries about how her baby will be born, whether he will be healthy.
The description of all these malformations is not given to intimidate you, but to make you understand that the health of your baby is almost completely dependent on you.
If you eat right, and your unborn baby receives all the substances necessary for his life and development (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, especially folic acid, and mineral salts), the probability of having a sick child is negligible.
For proper cell division, including at the stage of the embryo, the formation and growth of all internal organs, the metabolism of the fetus, its hematopoiesis, folic acid is necessary; in addition, it prevents premature birth and throw out. Also, if you are driving correct image life, do not smoke, do not use drugs and alcohol, your genetics does not have serious hereditary diseases, then the risk of giving birth to an unhealthy child is practically absent, and you can be calm about your future baby.
If your relatives have any disease that is inherited, you need to be examined by a doctor and start timely treatment to prevent this disease or to terminate the pregnancy in a timely manner in especially severe cases. It is necessary to refrain from pregnancy for women over 40 years old.
On present stage development of medicine, most of these developmental anomalies are detected in the early stages of pregnancy.
The most important thing for maintaining the health of the mother and the unborn baby is to register at the antenatal clinic as early as possible, visit it regularly and follow all the prescriptions of your doctor.
In violation of the development of the fetus, various anomalies of the organs and the whole organism appear. Newborns with severe developmental anomalies usually die. Approximately 13-15 per thousand newborns have severe and obvious deformities.
Causes
The causes of congenital anomalies of development are not fully understood. Deformities are caused by internal and external factors. Internal include: hormonal disorders in the mother's body, inferiority of germ cells, fetal hypoxia. External factors include: chemicals, infections, radiation. Deformities can be hereditary. For example, clubfoot or congenital dislocation of the hip is often characteristic of members of the same family. Other causes of abnormalities are diseases of the fetus in the womb, such as rubella and toxoplasmosis. Deformities can cause radioactivity, X-rays, various medicines taken during pregnancy, or harmful substances ingested by a pregnant woman.
The most common congenital anomalies
Anomalies of development are subdivided into single and multiple malformations. The former include: cleft palate, cleft lip, defect of the cardiac septum, undeveloped limbs or organs, adhesions, abnormal position of organs. Multiple deformities are possible as a result multiple pregnancy with fusion of fruits (Siamese twins).
Damage to internal organs
Heart disease or kidney anomaly can be established immediately after the birth of a child only if these disorders are severe. Approximately 1-2% of all newborns have a heart defect.
Anomalies in the development of the head
The most common are the wolf's mouth and cleft lip. These deformities can be eliminated with the help of surgery. Frequent defects various bodies. Congenital dropsy of the head (hydrocephalus) is especially dangerous. In this case normal delivery impossible. Rarely, brain herniation occurs. A severe congenital malformation of the neural tube is anencephaly. A newborn is born without most of the brain.
Anomalies of the trunk, limbs
The most common malformation of the spine is non-fusion of the vertebral arches (spina bifida), when the spinal canal does not close during embryonic development.
Limbs may be absent, underdeveloped, or significantly shorter. Fingers and toes may be missing or there may be more.
congenital syndromes
Congenital Syndromes - Multiple congenital anomalies in a newborn. One of these syndromes is acroteriosis. Symptoms - deformation of the shape of the head, too short limbs missing fingers and toes.
Treatment
Some defects can be corrected operational way, for example, six-fingered. With severe deformities, it is often possible only to save the life of the child and reduce his suffering.
How to avoid such deviations?
Important genetic consultation during which you can learn about the disease or the possibility of inheriting a defect, carry out the prevention of hereditary diseases.
The detection of a developmental deviation does not mean that the child will be born mentally ill. Usually the child is mentally completely healthy and develops normally.
Birth injuries of the child (shoulder dislocation, hip joints, hematomas, etc.) - these are the health problems of the baby that arise due to pathologically difficult childbirth, and also - as a result of the mistakes of medical personnel and (or) improper behavior of the mother during childbirth, etc.
Pathologies of newborns are deeper, often not immediately diagnosed health problems for the baby. The causes of such problems may be chromosomal defects fetal development, damage to the central nervous system, violations in the formation and development individual bodies and systems. If we consider the pathologies of newborns from the point of view of the causes of their occurrence, then they can be divided into two large groups: genetically determined and acquired. Consider the most typical cases from each group.
Chromosomal pathology of the fetus
Down syndrome- one of the most common pathologies in newborns, which, unfortunately, tends to increase in the number of cases. It is impossible to predict (and even more so - to take measures for prevention) this pathology of newborns. Scientists still cannot say why perfectly healthy parents give birth to a child with an extra chromosome. But it is possible to diagnose Down syndrome already in the first half of pregnancy. For this, a pregnant woman needs to undergo genetic screening in a timely manner. What to do with the information received that the unborn child has Down syndrome is the personal decision of each woman. But you need to know about it.
Shereshevsky-Turner disease- pure female disease, which is usually diagnosed at 10-12 years of age. People with this disease lack one X chromosome. Infertility and mild mental retardation are companions of this chromosomal pathology.
Klinefelter's disease- the problem of men, in the karyotype of which 47 chromosomes are found - 47, XXY. The main manifestation of this disease is very high growth and infertility.
In addition to these diseases, there are whole line diseases caused by chromosomes. Thank God they don't happen often.
How to avoid chromosomal pathologies in newborns?
There are two ways to do this: consultation with a geneticist before pregnancy and strict (!) adherence to the timing of genetic screening during pregnancy. Keep in mind: genetic research pregnant women are informative only at a strictly defined gestational age! If you miss these deadlines, you get wrong answers.
"Acquired" pathologies of newborns
Doctors of all specialties who observe pregnant women do not get tired of saying that in order to their “interesting position”, women should:
a) prepare, that is, at least undergo an examination for the presence in the body various infections, consult a geneticist, give up bad habits in advance.
b) treat pregnancy with all responsibility: visit the doctor on time and do everything necessary tests strictly follow his recommendations.
What is the risk of breaking these rules? "Only" the occurrence of neonatal pathology varying degrees gravity. Let's consider the main ones.
Violation in the formation of individual organs. This pathology of newborns can occur literally anywhere in the child's body. The "weak link" in the baby's body can be his heart, kidneys, lungs, organs of vision. Pathologies in the development of limbs are possible (extra fingers, for example), etc. The reasons for this in the vast majority of cases are the impact on the body of a woman of the harmful factors of the "outside world". And the habit of pointing at the environment, over which we have no control - is very bad. Alas, in the vast majority of cases, “thin spots” in a child’s health are laid by mothers. Nicotine, alcohol, stupid drug use, etc. - every woman who dreams of a child needs to clearly understand what she is doing when she brings a cigarette or a glass of wine to her mouth.
It happens otherwise: sometimes the pathologies of newborns are due to hereditary factors or really unpredictable "whims" of nature. Is it possible to help the child in this case. Yes. Definitely yes! For example, modern medicine performs unique heart surgeries on children literally in the first hours after their birth. But doctors must be prepared for the birth of such a child. Don't skip doctor visits during pregnancy! Let the doctors diagnose the problem in time and save the child's life.
Perinatal cerebral hypoexcitability. The main causes of this type of neonatal pathology are chronic oxygen starvation child during pregnancy, intrauterine infection of the fetus, as well as birth trauma.
Typical symptoms of hypoexcitability: low muscle tone of the child, general lethargy, drowsiness, unwillingness to breastfeed, lack of crying or its extremely low severity. Such children usually make a frightening impression on mothers, but you should not worry in advance: in the vast majority of cases, this type of neonatal pathology is corrected during the first few years of life (and sometimes even earlier). Treatment can be very different: both medication and physiotherapy, depending on the severity of the manifestations.
Perinatal cerebral hyperexcitability- a problem, to a certain extent, the opposite of the previous one. The limbs of children born with this pathology are usually very tense, chin trembling is often observed. Children often cry for a long time, later they are hyperactive, they are characterized by an unstable psyche.
This pathology of newborns in the vast majority of cases is also not very serious and is successfully eliminated in early childhood.
Hypertension-hydrocephalic syndrome occurs due to increased intracranial pressure. A symptom characteristic of this type of neonatal pathology is an increased volume of the head, bulging of the fontanel, a disproportion between the facial and cerebral parts skulls. The behavior of children suffering from hypertensive-hydrocephalic syndrome is very different. Children can be both frighteningly lethargic in their life manifestations, and painfully active. In severe cases, a pronounced developmental delay is possible.
How to help a child with neonatal pathologies
Early diagnosis of these problems is extremely important! Preferably during pregnancy. And it is absolutely necessary - soon after the birth of the baby! If you notice something wrong with your child, do not hide it from the doctor: the sooner the problem is diagnosed, the greater the chance of success.
The human body grows and develops in accordance with the genetic program that is embedded in DNA. This molecule is made up of genes through which protein is produced. It serves as a building material for all life on Earth. Each gene, to put it simply, is responsible for a particular organ. These are the heart, kidneys, liver, brain, and skeleton. etc. All of them begin to grow and develop even in the womb of the mother's body. At the same time, the process of their development follows a well-established scheme.
Genes scrupulously adhere to a certain program, direct cell division, and, in the end, a small person is born. He has a head, arms, legs, eyes and other necessary for normal life organs. Very often, beautiful men and women with ideal body proportions grow out of children. Such bodies are pleasing to the eye and cause a feeling of admiration. Humanity owes all of this to DNA.
It would seem that a monument to this molecule, which gives people the joys of life, should be erected. But do not overpraise the complex biological design. She's not as perfect as she seems. Sometimes a system failure occurs in a molecule, and the development individual sections the body deviates from the given programs. In this case, creatures appear in the light of God, absolutely not similar to the surrounding people. Freak people - that's what they've been called since time immemorial. Physical deviations bring incalculable suffering to freak people, but it is impossible to help them. Science still has very little knowledge to correct the work of genes on its own.
So perfect human bodies are born thanks to the precise work of DNA
From this we can conclude that the Higher Mind, which invented DNA at one time, was by no means distinguished by conscientiousness and responsibility. These guys obviously cheated and did such a responsible job in bad faith. A person can only state the facts of ugliness and meekly demolish the marriage of hacks.
Calms only the thought that it is for the time being. Genetics will soon go far ahead, and people will eventually learn to correct the flaws of others. Our descendants may even get to the Higher Mind. They'll kick these guys' ears or take off their belts and unfasten them in a fatherly way in soft places. But this is a matter for the future, but we will turn to the past and talk about the clearly expressed ugliness, which has always aroused in people a feeling of great curiosity mixed with compassion.
hairy people
Doctors call increased hairline on the body "hypertrichosis". This is when a person is covered from head to toe with hair. They do not grow only on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It is especially unpleasant when lush vegetation covers the face. by the most famous person with such ugliness was Jo-Jo. He was born in St. Petersburg in 1868. His name was Fedor Evtishchev.
Jo-Jo or Fedor Evtishchev
Thanks to the hairiness, the boy with early years performed first in Russian, then in French circuses. In 1884, the famous American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) drew attention to him. The young man went to America and received the pseudonym Jo-Jo. He traveled all over the states, acting as a humanoid dog. The cunning showman told everyone that he was born by a woman who became pregnant from german shepherd. Fedor died in 1904 from pneumonia while on tour in Europe.
Freak people are not only among men. A terrible and terrible burden falls on the fragile female shoulders. An example of this is the Puerto Rican Priscilla Loter. The Loters themselves lived in the United States. They adopted the girl in 1911, paying decent money to her parents. The entire body of the child was covered with long black hair. On the face, only the nose, cheeks and forehead were devoid of vegetation. For the Loters, who worked in the field of circus attractions, the ugly girl was a real find.
Priscilla with her adoptive father Karl Lauter
In addition to hairiness, Priscilla had two rows of teeth growing in her mouth. However, that didn't bother her at all. The ugliness did not affect the intellect either. The child was exceptionally smart. He was a wild success with the audience. Respected in all respects, Karl Loter, before Priscilla's performance, sincerely assured the audience that she was born by a woman who entered into intimate relationship with a big monkey. Of course, the master was a little cunning, but it was necessary to somehow stir up the interest of the satiated public. In confirmation of the invented “legend”, Priscilla performed on the circus stage only with monkeys.
One very rich and eccentric American woman wanted to adopt a girl. She cherished the dream of crossing her with a monkey. But the Loters were not tempted by a large amount of money and refused the lover of exotic experiments. Priscilla married a circus performer who also had a deformity. The young man's skin on his body was covered with large scabs, and he portrayed an alligator in front of the audience. God did not give this couple children, but they lived a long and happy life together.
Giants and dwarfs
History knows quite a few people with very small and large stature. These are also freak people, since they turned out like this as a result of a genetic failure. In the old days, all monarchs kept dwarfs in their courts. It was believed that shorties and midgets bring good luck. For more than a thousand years, this public has enjoyed a favorable situation. Near the royal table they lived quite well. If they still knew how to make laugh, then they became favorites of the reigning persons. The most famous of all dwarfs is Geoffrey Hudson.
The shorty was eaten at the court of the English king Charles I (1600-1649). He was only 75 cm tall. adulthood. As a child, he was less than 15 centimeters, so he was often put in a large cake and served at the table. The guests surrounded the confectionery miracle, and then a tiny man jumped out of it, like a devil from a snuffbox. For those who didn't know, it had a tremendous effect.
Little people in a big world
Geoffrey was very fond of the queen. Naturally, the kid enjoyed it. He behaved boldly and defiantly with the courtiers. One day, the dwarf considered himself offended by the marquis and challenged him to a duel. The kid had his own sword. It was made to him by order of the queen. With this miniature weapon, Geoffrey managed to wound the Marquis several times in the thigh, before the soldiers arrived in time to separate the brawlers.
No less popular are freak people of enormous stature. Ancient historians call startling figures. For example, the same Goliath had a height of 2 meters 90 centimeters. Many researchers who adhere to the alien version of development human civilization, believe that Goliath was no Philistine, but a representative of an alien race. So be it, but besides Goliath, there are enough other giants who are in no way inferior to him in size.
You can call Orestes, whose growth reached 3 meters. This is the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - the sister of Helen the Beautiful, because of which the Trojan War broke out. Here the alien version will no longer crawl through, since sister The giant was Iphigenia. The same beautiful girl who wanted to be slaughtered to appease Artemis. The growth of the young creature did not stand out among other girls. Thus, if Orestes is an alien, then why is Iphigenia so small?
Let's leave ancient Greek mythology on the conscience of historians and turn to the ancient Romans. They, too, could boast of huge freak people. Judging by the memoirs of Josephus Flavius (37-100), who wrote the famous work "Jewish War", very tall slaves lived in Rome. Among them, one named Eleazar stood out in particular. His height reached 3 meters 30 centimeters. But this giant was not distinguished by great physical strength. He was long and thin. But I ate for three. In the competitions of inveterate eaters, Eleazar always won everyone.
It is believed that high growth directly depends on the bones of the legs. The longer the legs, the taller the person. At the same time, the length of his body is not much different from the standard sizes. Giants rarely have great physical strength. The real athlete was a giant named Angus MacAskill. He was born in Scotland in 1825. Until the age of 13, he was an ordinary child. Then he began to grow rapidly. At the age of 21, his height was 235 cm with a weight of 180 kg. It was a mountain of muscle without a single ounce of fat.
Naturally, a huge strong man performed in the circus, while earning good money. He lifted weights, striking the audience with incredible strength. But there is a hole in the old woman too. MacAskill once made a $1,000 bet that he would raise sea water ship anchor. He weighed almost 900 kg, but the money was very good, and the mighty giant got down to business. The giant lifted the anchor, but at the same time injured his spine. I had to quit the circus. Already an invalid, Mac-Askill went to his homeland, where he died in 1863.
Robert Wadlow with his older brother
by the most tall man on the planet in the entire history of civilization is officially considered Robert Wadlow. This is an American who lived in Mississippi. He died at the age of 22 in 1940. The young man weighed 220 kg with a height of 267 cm. The cause of death was not high growth at all, but a banal blood poisoning. The guy cut his leg, which led to an untimely death.
Fat people are freaks
Fat people also belong to freak people. But not ordinary fat people, but immensely fat personalities. For them, elementary physical actions appear to be a problem. Even to walk around the room, fat people need to make a lot of effort. The American Robert Earl Hughes belongs to this company. He lived in Indiana, and left the mortal world in 1958. His weight was 468 kg with a height of 178 cm.
This man could not move. In order to sit, a special chair was made for him. He slept on a special bed. Its frame was welded from steel corners. The mattress was placed on a steel sheet welded to the corners. When Robert was taken to the hospital, they had to order a crane and a loader. The cause of his death was overweight, which is not at all surprising.
Fat freak people were not uncommon in other states of America. A similar situation was observed in Johnny Ali, who lived in North Carolina. He was born in 1853 and at first was no different from other children. When the boy was 11 years old, he just had a wolfish appetite. The child began to rapidly gain weight. By the age of 15, he could no longer pass through the doorway to leave the house on the street. At the age of 16, the young man switched to a reclining lifestyle.
All the time he spent at home, sitting in a special chair. He slept in it, because he simply could not get over to the bed, and the family were not able to drag the huge body back and forth. Weight young man reached 509 kg. This data was obtained after Johnny died. During his lifetime, no one weighed him, so as not to create unnecessary problems for himself.
A young man died in 1887 at the age of 33. The reason for this was elementary human stubbornness. Johnny tried to get up from time to time so as not to feel completely flawed. So this time, he managed to lift his huge carcass from the chair and went to the window of the room to admire the world around him. The floorboards could not withstand the enormous weight. The floorboards broke and the poor man fell down. There was a cellar under the room, but Johnny didn't fall into it. He was stuck in the hole, legs dangling helplessly.
Relatives and neighbors hastily began to build a wooden platform so that the fat man could lean on him with his feet. But while people were working, the young man could not stand all the upheavals and died. A huge body was pulled out of the basement with the help of horses. At the funeral, artiodactyls and special blocks were also used to lower the coffin with the deceased into the grave.
Freak people with two heads
Similar people-freaks also occasionally appear in the world, introducing eyewitnesses this phenomenon into a state of superstitious terror. In 1953, a two-headed baby was born in Indiana. He lived for several weeks. One of the heads was completely normal. The other had a mouth, eyes, ears, but there were no glimmers of intelligence on her face. The heads grew from one body, but each moved, slept and ate independently of the other.
Much earlier, in 1889, also in the state of Indiana, a creature was born that, in official medicine known as the Jones twins. They had a common body, but their heads were directed in opposite directions. The "twins" had 4 legs, and each two fused with each other. The body had two arms. It seemed that the right hand obeyed the orders of one brain, and the left - another. The Jones twins died in 1891.
Baby with two heads
In 1829, a freak with two heads was born on the island of Sardinia. Each head "sat" on a long neck. The body was common with two arms and legs. Parents gave the child the name Rita-Christina. The family lived very poorly, so the father and mother took the two-headed creature with them to Paris and began to show it to the curious public for money.
It all ended with the fact that the authorities banned such an immoral event. Parents left Rita-Christina in the winter in an unheated room and went home. The child very soon died of hunger and cold. Doctors opened a small body and made sure that, apart from two heads, there were no more paired organs in it. The skeleton of the unfortunate child is still kept in Paris today.
History knows a man with one head but two faces. This is Edward Mordrake. He lived in the 19th century and was a representative of an aristocratic English family. His second face was located at the back of his head. It had muscles, so it could smile, frown, and even laugh. But most of the time, the face bore the stamp of gloomy doom. The owner of two persons could not bear such a burden that weighed on his psyche. He went insane and ended up in a psychiatric hospital.
Freak people with one eye
The first one-eyed people are the Cyclopes. Their only eye was located on their forehead. We know about this from ancient Greek mythology. Whether these freak people actually lived on earth or not is unknown. But medicine is well known to a Negro named Nikolos. He lived in the first half of the 20th century in Mississippi. In the center of his forehead was the usual size human eye. There were no eye sockets, as such. These places were absolutely flat, covered with leather. Eyebrows grew, like all normal people.
Representatives of the circus business promised this man fabulous money. But he never entered the circus arena. Nikolos ran a farm and tried to avoid people. He felt comfortable only among animals. Nikolos was very fond of dogs, which were up to the lantern that their owner had one eye. The one-eyed American did not start a family and died quietly alone in the 60s of the past century.
Conclusion
Thus, it is clear that the DNA molecule from time to time "gives out on the mountain" amazing biological masterpieces. Freak people amaze humanity with their appearance while experiencing unspeakable mental anguish. Even if they earn a lot of money performing in the circus, this is hardly a moral consolation for them. Many of them would agree to live in poverty, but have a normal human appearance.
Nowadays, when the environment leaves much to be desired, abnormal deviations in people are becoming more common. These are no longer flaws in the work of the Higher Mind, but irresponsible activity. individual representatives kind of human. So it is still unknown who needs to be "given a belt" - to the mysterious humanoids who invented DNA, or the owners of huge corporations, gradually and steadily turning human race into creepy mutants.
The article was written by Alexey Zibrov
Malformations (synonymous with anomalies of development) is a collective term denoting deviations from the normal structure of the body due to a violation of intrauterine or postnatal (less often) development.
The most important of the malformations are congenital malformations, formed during prenatal period. The term "congenital malformations" should be understood as persistent morphological changes that go beyond the variations in the structure of a normal organism.
The term "malformation" is broader - a developmental disorder not only in utero, but also postnatally (dental defects, open ductus arteriosus).
"Deformity" should be called such a congenital defect that disfigures part or all of the body and is detected during external examination. It is better not to use this term in relation to living people.
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With malformations that are compatible with life, their early diagnosis is important, since some of them can be corrected surgically. Prevention of malformations should be carried out along the lines of protecting a pregnant woman from external influences harmful to the fetus - see Antenatal protection of the fetus.
Malformations (synonym: developmental anomalies, deformities) are violations of intrauterine development, deviations from the normal structure of the body.
The science that studies deformities is called teratology (from the Greek teras, teratos - freak, deformity). The terms "malformations" and "malformations" are used as synonyms, but sometimes the mildest degrees of malformations are called developmental anomalies, and the most severe (usually accompanied by disfigurement) appearance) - deformities. In the vast majority of cases, malformations are a consequence of embryopathy (see), occasionally fetopathy (see). Modern teaching about the etiology and pathogenesis of malformations arose on the basis of the success of embryology, genetics and experimental teratology.
For every thousand births, there are on average about 10 children with malformations. Among the perinatally dead, according to pathoanatomical data, malformations are recorded in 8.5 - 14% of cases.
Malformations can be manifested by the absence of an organ (agenesis, aplasia), its underdevelopment (hypogenesis, hypoplasia) or overdevelopment (hypergenesis, hyperplasia), closure of a canal or opening (atresia, such as atresia anus), fusion of organs or members (syndactyly; horseshoe kidney), preservation of embryonic structures (Meckel's diverticulum, open ductus arteriosus, many forms birth defects heart), non-closure of embryonic fissures (cleft lip, spine), displacement of organs or tissues, etc. In one
twins may be missing a heart, head, or limbs.
United double deformities occur in identical twins during early gastrulation by bifurcation of the end of the embryo or by the fusion of two embryos. Each malformation can occur only in a certain (so-called critical) period of embryogenesis, when the corresponding organ is formed (Fig. 5). When exposed to any hazards on the embryo, such a period, according to E. Schwalbe, can become a teratogenetic termination period.
The etiology of malformations is various. There are two main groups of etiological factors.
A. Genetic factors(burdened heredity, over-ripening of the germ cells of the parents, disorders of the chromosomal apparatus of the germ cells due to the age of the parents, etc.). At the core hereditary defects development lies mutation (see) germ cells of ancestors; it can be caused by ionizing radiation and chemical influences. Over-ripening of sex marks is a long-term (up to two days) presence of an egg or sperm in the genital tract of a woman, where these cells can be damaged. There are indications that older parents are more likely to have children with malformations; this is determined by violations of the chromosomal apparatus of the germ cells of the parents.
B. Factors directly affecting developing embryo(fetus); physical (radiation, mechanical, thermal), chemical (hypoxia, hormonal discorrelations, malnutrition, teratogenic poisons) and biological (viruses, bacteria, protozoa), as well as mental trauma mothers, indirectly causing harm to the embryo (fetus).
From physical factors ionizing radiation has the greatest teratogenic value. Even small doses of radiation can sometimes cause a teratogenic effect. Mechanical damage to the embryo (fetus) is most often observed during amniotic adhesions. Thermal effects in the experiment, even short-term, also have a teratogenic effect.
From chemical influences highest value has hypoxia arising from different reasons. Of the hormonal disorders leading to malformations, diabetes is the most studied. Hormonal drugs, received by the mother during pregnancy, malnutrition (lack of vitamins, essential amino acids, trace elements) can also lead to malformations. In the experiment, trypan blue proved to be a constant teratogenic agent. Recently installed the same effect sedative tolidamide. The teratogenic effect of many other chemical agents, including drugs (in particular, some antibiotics), has also been described.
Various biological agents can also cause malformations. Tperr (N.M. Gregg, 1941) and other authors described deformities associated with maternal diseases in early phases pregnancy with viral infections (rubella, measles, mumps). Bacteria and their toxins, apparently, can cause malformations only indirectly causing changes in the mother's body. The teratogenic effect of protozoa, in particular toxoplasmosis, is debatable.
A mother's mental trauma can cause her hormonal shifts, and this can ultimately lead to malformation. In this case, the pathogenetic “chain” can be as follows: fright (or prolonged negative emotions) → hyperadrenalinemia → embryonic ischemia → malformations.
The same malformations can be caused both genetically and by the influence of the external environment on the embryo (fetus).
Treatment. With some malformations (atresia, stenosis, adhesions, preservation of embryonic structures, etc.), surgical intervention may be effective.
Prevention. Social transformations of society, erasing class, property, racial and religious differences, expand the circle of people entering into marriage, which helps to reduce the number of hereditary diseases, including malformations. Genetic counseling can play a big role in preventing such diseases. A pregnant woman should be protected in every possible way from possible teratogenic effects, especially in the first three months of pregnancy, and provide her with good nutrition. X-ray studies during this period should not be carried out; you need to beware of medications that can damage the fetus, and contact with patients, especially viral infections.
Malformations of individual organs - see articles on these organs.
