Mexican Conjoined Twins With Two Heads In One Body Die

The conjoined twins with two heads in one body born in Mexico died before they had a chance of being treated.

The Mexican clinic which cared for the twins have confirmed that the twins have tragically passed away before any treatment could be done, but the clinic said it won’t discuss any more details in an attempt to preserve the family’s privacy.

The news of the birth of the twins broke out after an incredible footage emerged on social media last week showing a baby with two heads wailing in the hands of medics shortly after being born.

In the video, the twins share a single body and are fitted with tubes. It is not known if the unidentified parents knew beforehand that they would be born with the deformity.

The twins appear to share all their major internal organs, but they have their own heads and brains.

However, health officials declined to go into detail about the rare case, and the director of the clinic, Jesus Urrutia, confirmed that the mother is in good health.

The rare case of conjoined twins happen in about one in 100,000 pregnancies when a woman produces one egg that doesn’t fully separate after being fertilised. The developing embryo then begins to split into identical twins during the first few weeks but stops before the process is complete, then the partially separated egg develops into a conjoined foetus.

Medical experts say most conjoined twins don’t survive because their organs are unable to support the needs of their body. It is estimated that 40 per cent of conjoined twins die before they are born while 35 per cent pass away within a day of being born.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk

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