Baby infected with rare disease saved

A 14 day-old baby infected with a rare intestinal disease is now in stable condition after the surgery, doctors of the Paediatrics Hospital of Dong Nai Province said on Monday.

 

A 14 day-old baby infected with a rare intestinal disease is now in stable condition after the surgery, doctors of the Paediatrics Hospital of Dong Nai Province said on Monday.

The 14-day-old baby is treated at the Paediatrics Hospital of Dong Nai Province. - VNA/VNS Photo Le Xuan

The baby from the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong was born with intestines outside her abdomen. She was hospitalised with the symptoms of cerebral haemorrhage after premature birth.

Her mother was diagnosed with a similar disease.

Doctor Vu Cong Tam, head of department of surgery, anesthesiology and recovery of Dong Nai Province’s Paediatrics Hospital said that if the operation had not been conducted to move intestines inside the abdomen, the baby’s life would have been threatened.

Tam said that the illness occurs in one of every 15,000 to 30,000 babies.

He advised pregnant women to receive regular genetic tests and health check-ups to identify the disease.

(Source:VNS)