A baby in India was born with a rare condition called “mermaid syndrome”, living only about 10 minutes.

The 22-year-old mother in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, said her baby was born at Sahi Ram Hospital on April 29 but did not live 10 minutes due to a rare disease – mermaid syndrome, page 1. Sugardaily reported.

The mother said that during the first 30 weeks of pregnancy, nothing unusual was detected. Only at the end of pregnancy did ultrasound results show that the baby’s kidneys were not developing. When the baby was born, the family and doctors were extremely surprised by the baby’s body.

Dr. Vandana Arya, a gynecologist at the hospital, said: “I have never seen a case like this before. The baby has a body like a mermaid, hands with webbed fins and 2 legs. stuck tightly like a fish’s tail. The baby’s upper body has all functional parts but is not developed.”

Newborn baby with mermaid syndrome.

Mermaid syndrome, also known as “Mermaid syndrome”, is a life-threatening disease where the legs are fused like a fish’s tail. This is a rare congenital malformation in the world. Dr. Arya said the rare condition made it impossible for doctors to determine the sex of the child.

According to Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, Oxford University (UK), this syndrome occurs when the baby’s umbilical cord cannot form two arteries. At that time, the fetus’s lower body does not receive enough blood to nourish it, causing the two legs to become inseparable.

“Single artery “steals” blood and nutrients to transfer to the placenta. Malnourished, the fetus does not develop two separate limbs. Children with this syndrome are very rare in the world, the rate is The rate is about 1/100,000 newborns. For identical twins, this rate can be 100 times higher,” Dr. Lindsey said.

Dr. Vandana added: “There are many causes for this condition such as taking too many medications, vitamin deficiencies, genetics or even diabetes in the mother. Most children with this syndrome die. after a few days of birth due to kidney and bladder failure. In very rare cases, kidney transplants are performed, but the survival rate is very low.”

This is the first case of mermaid syndrome in India and the fourth case in the world.