Gastroschisis: Hernia Effect In Unborn Babies

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The percent of babies born with gastroschisis is about one in fifty thousand births and is an effect in unborn babies says Medline Plus “ Gastroschisis is a type of hernia. Hernia means rupture. Babies with this condition have a hole in the abdominal wall. The child's intestines usually stick out (protrude) through the hole.”and has the intestines and sometimes other organs that come thru a hole that did not form shut in their growth and the insides sit on the body of the baby. There is no reason for the defect in the baby it’s unknown for the moment. It’s normally is caused in young mothers never to women over thirty years of age says CDC they wrote “Younger age: teenage mothers were more likely to have a baby with gastroschisis than older

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