Birth Defects
Cases of Gastroschisis Rising Fast
"According to a scary new CDC report, there has been an alarming increase in a birth defect called gastroschisis, which results in a newborn's intestines, and sometimes liver and stomach, poking through his abdomen. Even scarier: No one knows exactly what's causing the condition to appear more frequently."
Click here to read the article in the magazine, "Parents."
"Gastroschisis is a serious congenital defect in which the intestines protrude through an opening in the abdominal wall. Gastroschisis requires surgical repair soon after birth and is associated with an increased risk for medical complications and mortality during infancy. Reports from multiple surveillance systems worldwide have documented increasing prevalence of gastroschisis since the 1980s.
These corresponded to overall percentage increases during 1995–2012 that ranged from 68% in white mothers aged <20 years to 263% in black mothers aged <20 years."
Click here to read the report by the CDC posted on their website in January, 2016.
Click here to read the Wikipedia page on gastroschesis.
Click here to read the article in the magazine, "Parents."
"Gastroschisis is a serious congenital defect in which the intestines protrude through an opening in the abdominal wall. Gastroschisis requires surgical repair soon after birth and is associated with an increased risk for medical complications and mortality during infancy. Reports from multiple surveillance systems worldwide have documented increasing prevalence of gastroschisis since the 1980s.
These corresponded to overall percentage increases during 1995–2012 that ranged from 68% in white mothers aged <20 years to 263% in black mothers aged <20 years."
Click here to read the report by the CDC posted on their website in January, 2016.
Click here to read the Wikipedia page on gastroschesis.
