A Parasitic Baby Born In Siberia
Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008
by Joel Hendon
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There are some very strange phenomena that occur and sometimes they defy our reasoning. I read an article recently where a lady in Irkutsk, Russia gave birth to a male baby. They named him Nikita (presumably in respect of Nikita Krushev) and he was a normal appearing child. But he had a small human body growing from his stomach area. This body had legs and arms, genitals, and seemingly was non-deformed except it had no head and was attached to the other baby.
I can readily understand the explanation behind Siamese twins. In some cases a single fertilized egg decides to separate into two or more sections which develop into identical twins, or more if it separates more than once. And, sometimes the separation is not completed and the two are left grown together at some point of their bodies. This results in what is called "Siamese Twins". The term "Siamese twins" is derived from a town, Siam in India where there are abnormally more such twins than other places and which has been ascribed to their having an above average number of intermarriages within tribes.
The parasitic condition is another thing entirely. I had never heard that term applied to any human fetus growth until now. I do have to admit however, that one of the aspects the doctors point out makes a lot of sense. They contend that, in the case of the Siamese twins, the egg divides symmetrically and invariably they are attached together at the same portion of their bodies. While the "parasite" can be attached at various points with no similarities at all. As the one of our subject, which seemed to be almost outwardly complete except for no head. However, it also had no lungs or heart. It had one kidney, a bladder the urethra and intestines. It was living with the help of the host baby, Nikita.
The removal of such a growth as this is often postponed for several months, even a year or so at times providing the host baby is in near perfect health. In this case, Nikita has a heart condition which may require surgery to correct and the doctors feared the extra burden of the parasite, might have been too much to risk.
I have never been personally acquainted with anyone who had such a parasitic growth although I have known of one person who had an extra nub of a toe on each foot and another whose fingers next to his little fingers were longer than his middle fingers. I also once knew an elderly man from the backwoods who told me of his biological brother who had a growth on his nose which he called a little "noggin". Noggin is a slang or some type dialect word for "head." But he told me that this little noggin, had two teeth growing from it. I never met his brother so I can only tell what he said. I asked him why his brother had never had it removed, to which he replied, they never had enough money to have it done. I was always curious as to how that noggin might have looked, but then, I think I would have rather not.
In my research efforts I found that a baby girl was born in Bangalore, India who had four arms and four legs. She was two years old and undergoing procedures to remove the extra legs and arms so she can have a normal body at the time the article was written. Here is a quote from this article to possibly explain the cause of her deformity.
"The girl named Lakshmi is joined to a "parasitic twin" that stopped developing in the mother's womb. The surviving fetus absorbed the limbs, kidneys and other body parts of the undeveloped fetus." (By Gavin Rabinowitz Associated Press Writer / November 6, 2007)
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)Hi Joel.I was aware of Lakshmi, but not the other. I saw an image of her on the news a while back. It was fairly disturbing.I had heard of parasitic twins prior to learning about Lakshmi, but had not really given it much thought. It has always amazed me that with as many things as can go wrong, that it goes right so much of the time.DianneHi Dianne, thanks for reading and commenting. I agree. I remember I always worried before ours were born that we might be one of the few that had a problem of some kind, but thankfully, all three of ours were fine.
Hi Joel
Interesting article. Did you know that the Russians tested nuclear bombs in the Irkutsk region in the 1980s? I would think that this is a potential explanation for the deformation you wrote about.
Regards,
Joel
Thanks for reading and commenting, Joel. No, I was not aware of the area where the Russians did their testing, although I did know it was in Siberia. You are right, it could have had something to do with this. By the way, I frequently read your articles and they are great. I don't get around to commenting too much.
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