Difficult one and a half load of heart and lung, double-headed baby dying

(Beijing 3 AP) has aroused widespread concern in Suining, Sichuan, China "two-headed baby, " survived to the full moon tomorrow, but at the moment is still not optimistic. Baby girl repeated condition, a serious lung infection, with the weight gain, more and more baby cardiopulmonary overload, many times dying. Health care workers to give 24-hour care.

"Please do not into the ward, not the slightest room for error! " the day before yesterday, two-headed baby in hospital in Chongqing Xinqiao hospital, the doctor on duty said that the baby is in a critical period, when exposure to bacteria, it may be life-threatening.

Two-headed baby born May 6, is the first live two-headed people, tomorrow at least 30 days. In addition they have two heads, the two spine, two esophagus, heart and a half (one each left ventricle, right ventricle share), other organs are all about sharing, is almost impossible to separate, survival has called a miracle.

15 types of disease risk

Director Zhao Congmin means of Pediatrics, Xinqiao Hospital, with a total of 15 two-headed baby disease, two-headed baby girl at least three times in the past few days the edge of life and death. To May 26, for example, 11 pm, left the child shortness of breath, weak breathing right side of the child, a serious decline in oxygen saturation in vivo, just half an hour, the baby body color blue. Has been waiting in the ICU doctor immediately save them until 2 am, the sisters of the vital signs slowly improved. However, the two-headed baby weight, diet, improved breathing, its heart and lung abnormalities and has been increasing the load, so the baby have pneumonia, breathing difficulties, heart failure, fever, always life-threatening.

"The biggest problem is the child's breathing problems and heart failure problems. " Zhao said, although the baby has a heart of semi-lung and a half, but the two severely deformed organ development. As long as a baby crying sound, it will cause a sharp contraction of the lungs, and the other resources are the baby's breathing, "occupation", must be immediately followed by tears. Similarly, a normal heart to pump blood per minute, about 500 ml, but to cope with two people, abnormal heart must pump out per minute 800 ml, overload heart failure at any time.