1. Introduction: A. Did you undergo a major surgery as a newborn? One out of seven out of ten thousand newborns undergo a major surgery because of a disease called spina bifida.
B. A rare condition in which the backbone and spinal cord do not close before birth, mainly believed by a deficiency in folic acid provided by the mother. C. On average a toddler begins giving few steps at the age of 10 months; unlike a child with spina bifida it takes up to 2 years or maybe never 2.
Body: A. 1.Spina bifida is a developmental birth defect caused by the incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, in three different forms a. Some vertebrae overlying the spinal cord are not fully formed and remain unfused and open and if the opening is large enough, this allows a portion of the spinal cord to stick out through the opening in the bones which leads to the sac on the back.
2. Usually all patients who suffer from Spina bifida also have hydrocephalus which is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. Like medical doctor Michael Alexander said “Although nerve damage is irreversible, it can be treated by…”) B. 1.
… placing the spinal cord and its nerve roots back inside the spine and covered with meninges, and a shunt may be surgically installed (In the head) to provide a continuous drain for the cerebrospinal fluid produced in the brain for hydrocephalus. This surgery is usually always done right after birth. 2 A spina bifida patient usually suffers from incontinence, partial or complete lack of sensation and paralysis of the legs, and usually takes antibiotics to treat or prevent commonly urinary tract infections. Being said) C.
1. My niece went through surgery on her 2nd day of life. Right after she was born she was flown to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, where she was held in the neonatal intensive care unit for three weeks. While in surgery she had her spinal cord placed back into the vertebrae and had a shunt placed in her head to drain the cerebrospinal fluid into her abdominal area.
Since then she had visited the hospital twice to replace the shunt because it had gotten clogged. She is now doing very well.She gets therapy twice a week to gain strength on her legs with the help of braces, and with gods strength she is now crawling around nonstop. Conclusion:(in conclusion) A.
Are you taking folic acid if you are trying to get pregnant to avoid such a rare condition where the backbone and spine do not close at birth? It will be a life changing experience with a patient like this, but can be done. And as my sister said “The doctors can give you the worst case scenario in almost all situations that when kids come out fine they can gain credit from it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spinabifidaassociation. org Spina bifida occulta one of the mildest forms of spina bifida. [2] In occulta, the outer part of some of the vertebrae are not completely closed.
[3] The split in the vertebrae is so small that the spinal cord does not protrude. The skin at the site of the lesion may be normal, or it may have some hair growing from it; there may be a dimple in the skin, a lipoma, a dermal sinus or a birthmark. [4] Many people with the mildest form of this type of spina bifida do not even know they have it,
