Medical Term for the case in this article..?!
Question: Medical Term for the case in this article!.!.!?
was reported in FOX News and various other intl news agencies too!.!.!.
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"one of a set of twins absorbs the other in the womb"
Anyone knows whats is the medical term for this!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
http://www!.wtop!.com/!?nid=106&sid=1404429
"one of a set of twins absorbs the other in the womb"
Anyone knows whats is the medical term for this!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is a disease of the placenta!. It affects only monozygotic ("identical") twins sharing a single placenta!. Basically as the placenta develops the blood vessels form in a way that vessels from one umbilical cord connect up with vessels from the other!. This causes a sort of short circuit between the babies!. This can create a transfusion situation where one baby does not have an opportunity to process fluid coming to it because it immediately gets sent over to their sibling!.
This situation forms during the first tri-mester, but as the babies assume more responsibility for pumping their own blood, the impact of that cross connection becomes more important!. For this reason, symptoms typically start showing up in the second tri-mester!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
This situation forms during the first tri-mester, but as the babies assume more responsibility for pumping their own blood, the impact of that cross connection becomes more important!. For this reason, symptoms typically start showing up in the second tri-mester!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The other surviving twin is called a parasitic twin, the twin that was "absorbed" was not developing, and the parasitic twin absorbed the parts of the underdeveloped baby!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Thank you Steve!. I saw a program on Discovery Health, a year or two ago, in which they called it Fetus in Fetu (sp!?)Www@Answer-Health@Com
fetus in fetu!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com