Throughout existence, people have witnessed many birth anomalies. Sometimes these defects seem strange, bizarre, unusual and even grotesque. These cases include the embryo in the embryo, a rare condition when one of the two twins is in the body of the other.
Some people call these babies “fertilized” or “pregnant.” Although this term is erroneous, its concept is not too far from the truth, since the fetus in the fetus assumes the complete location of one individual inside another developing embryo. Sometimes doctors do not notice deviations, then a person appears who has “captured” another inside himself. Here are ten facts about the embryo in the embryo that will allow you to delve deeper into the topic of the birth of a person inside your twin.
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Parasitic development
Technically, the uterine fetus in the fetus is a parasitic twin, since the absorbed twin parasitizes due to another individual, which is its “master”. This is what separates the embryo in the embryo from the embryos that are connected during their stay in the womb. In the second case, Siamese twins appear, the first involves the complete presence of one twin inside the other. Talk about whether such an existence can be called “life” still does not subside among scientists, however, while the cells of the internal embryo are alive, the twin lives, albeit in a somewhat underdeveloped state.
This is the only case when one person can be a parasite of another, except for the development of the baby in the womb, although it is disputed. The debate lies in recognizing the idea that the parasite only takes from the host, violating its suitability. In the case of an unborn child, he not only takes away, but also gives his mother vitality.
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Goodness
It is worth noting that the parasitic twin, located inside his brother, does not harm the "owner" at all. Their "attachment" consists in the fusion of the spine or limbs, which can cause some discomfort, but often the "parasites" can not damage the "big brother" who has been wearing it for decades until the doctors notice the deviations. Compared to the many diseases and tumors that doctors can find in a baby or an adult, the fetus in the fetus, although it looks frightening, is actually quite harmless.
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Abdominal cavity
In most cases, the embryo in the embryo, the parasitic individual is located in the abdomen of the twin "host", namely in the peritoneal space. Despite the fact that this is the most common place of fetal development in the fetus, doctors may not notice this anomaly when they “shine through” the mother’s stomach, checking the health of the fetus, or during the examination of a newborn baby. Such inattention can lead to unusual results in the future life of a person who was born into the world. Of course, doctors should check the stomach and stomach for tumors, including the embryo in the embryo, in all newborns.
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Other areas
Sometimes parasitic embryos can develop in places other than the abdominal cavity, however, the aforementioned "cache" is still much more common. In some cases, people are born with embryos inside the cranium. That's right, people are born with an accumulation of cells that could become their twin, located in their heads.
And also the “younger” embryo can be located in the mediastinum (an area in the middle part of the chest containing the esophagus, aorta, heart, bronchi and other organs) and even the scrotum. Yes, yes, there! No matter how unpleasant it may look, but these growths are the most benign, among all that can be found on the body.
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Male dominance
The uterine fetus in the fetus, of course, is an unusually rare occurrence, while among women this anomaly is much less common than among men. The likelihood of a man with a “brother-parasite” being born prevails over the female in a ratio of 2 to 1. In some cases, when the embryo develops in the embryo in the abdominal cavity or scrotum, this can cause problems or hinder the development of the testicles in the dominant individual. One of the patients was born with a tumor in the scrotum, taking pictures, doctors discovered a parasitic embryo. Fortunately, surgical intervention helped the baby develop normally and continue to live a full life.
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Extremely rare
After reading the first five points of our list, you probably wondered how rare the cases of embryo development in the embryo are. Extremely rare! For reference, monozygotic twins or identical twins are born in one of 333 cases. The extremely rare occurrence of Siamese twins occurs once every 50 or even 100 thousand births. The uterine fetus in the fetus is born in only one case out of half a million. In total, less than 100 cases of the appearance of an infant with a parasitic twin have been recorded in the world, so the likelihood that this will happen to your child or you carry another person in your body is incredibly small.
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What is inside
The next logical step will be to find out what is inside the embryo, developing at the expense of its "dominant" twin? In rare cases of detecting an embryo in an embryo, doctors were able to examine the elements of the spine, as well as the tiny arms and legs of this creature. In some cases, the inner fetus has a head, a set of teeth, and even hair. Once doctors found tiny genitals floating inside the human body.
The modern development of medicine allows you to find the embryo in the embryo and perform a successful operation to remove it, leaving the “owner” captivated by the horror of such a neighborhood. Agree, not everyone wants to have parts of the body of another person inside their own. Sometimes the extracted mass of cells is a kind of ball of bones, teeth, hair and other tissues fixed inside the person in a state resembling the development of the fetus inside the uterus.
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Detection
How is an embryo detected in an embryo? Most of these cases are diagnosed long before the birth of the baby, even during the development of the fetus in the uterus, using prenatal screening. X-ray radiography is also an effective way to detect the fetus in the fetus. Also, the combined use of technologies that measure the weight of an unborn baby helps to identify anomalies.
Sometimes a child may be born with an internal embryo, not detected during its development. A parasitic twin can be seen when a tumor develops while affecting a certain part of the child’s body. In most cases, an embryo is detected immediately at birth. As for the later findings of the internal fetus, in 89% of cases it is found before the twin “master” turns 18 months old.
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Maturity
Sometimes the fetus is not found in the fetus, not only due to prenatal screening, but also after the birth of a child who bears the responsibility of “feeding” the parasitic twin. A person can grow up and live his whole life without suspecting that a related embryo lives inside his body. This thought simply horrifies those rare people who found internal embryos in adulthood. One woman was already 30 years old when a head and spine were found inside her abdominal cavity. During the removal of the embryo, the doctors also saw teeth, hair, small limbs and the umbilical cord.
Sometimes adult patients and doctors take the inner fetus for a tumor or normal swelling. Another patient carried a parasitic twin, which prevented him from breathing and caused discomfort. After the removal of the embryo, the “host” began to feel much better, and all the symptoms associated with difficulty breathing simply evaporated. Although such cases do occur, they are unusually rare. In the history of modern medicine, only 15 internal embryos were found inside an adult.
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Surgery
Fortunately for those living with a parasitic inner twin, modern surgery provides a safe removal of the internal embryo from the body. This applies to both newborns who do not even remember all the procedures, and adults, whose parasitic fetus gives them discomfort. After a preoperative diagnosis using radiological scanning, the remains of the twin embryo can be removed from the “host”, as a rule, without revealing problems or complications. To date, surgery is the only known method of removing an embryo within an embryo.
Conclusion
Despite the terrifying nature of this anomaly, the idea that a person can walk around carrying an embryo that could be his brother or sister introduces many people into a stupor. Moreover, the probability of a successful operation to remove the parasitic twin is several times higher than the success of the separation of Siamese twins, especially when taking into account the place of their intergrowth. The fetus in the fetus is an unusually rare anomaly, which, for all the psychological oddity that causes terrifying images in our heads (and medical journals), is a completely harmless “nature joke”.