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A baby girl named Itzmara was born through a cesarean delivery, and 24 hours later, doctors performed a C-section on her too , because she had absorbed her twin in the womb, Mamás Latinas reported in March . When the mother, Mónica Vega of Barranquilla, Colombia, had an ultrasound at seven months pregnant, doctors discovered she had two umbilical cords inside her. One connected baby Itzmara to Vega, but the other connected Itzmara to a mass that was her parasitic twin. Ultrasound image of a term pregnancy When doctors noticed this, they diagnosed Itzmara with "fetus in fetu," a rare condition where a malformed fetus is found in the body of its twin. The doctors said they needed to deliver Itzmara right away through a C-section so they could then operate on the baby. They were worried that if they didn't remove the parasitic twin inside Itzmara, the mass could grow and injure the baby's organs. So after delivering Itzmara via C-section, the doctors p...

This is a 35yrs old  Bricklayer who accidentally fell off from  a Storey building while at work and landed with the left lateral anterior Neck, on a hammer 🔨 standing on the ground with the handle facing upwards. This pierced via the anterior and exited on the posterior. However, as God may have it, he was *not in any respiratory distress* and *vitals are relatively stable on presentation* Being the *Senior Registrar on call in Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgeon*, I called out my 2 ENT Consultants, quickly raised alarm  and invited the Vascular Surgeons, Burns and plastic, Traumatologist / Spine Surgeons, Anaesthetist, & Theatre Peri-op Nurses informed to get set..!! Necessary urgent Investigations were done, thanks to our Med. Laboratory Scientist Friends, who acted promptly as the urgency demands, gave us 4 units of screened / cross matched blood and provided the results needed as fast as possible. ... Within a short while, al...

As 'Pink-tober' comes to an end, I'd like to take the opportunity to share my story and educate our nursing group about the kind of cancer I had: inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). For the oncology nurses in the group, you may have heard about this rare and very aggressive form of breast cancer but, what you might not know, is that there is a specific treatment protocol, much different from other breast cancer treatments. It is based on research from MD Anderson in Houston, and it is helping decrease mortality rates all over the world... I noticed a small red spot on my left breast, about the size of a thumbprint in late 2014. I thought I had bumped into something and dismissed it as nothing. A month later, it was still there and hadn't changed so, I scheduled my mammogram which was due anyway. With Thanksgiving, family visits, Christmas, the New Year, and starting a new job, I didn't give the results much thought until I received them in the mail:...

Harlequin ichthyosis is a severe genetic disorder that mainly affects the skin. Infants with this condition are born with very hard, thick skin covering most of their bodies. The skin forms large, diamond-shaped plates that are separated by deep cracks (fissures). These skin abnormalities affect the shape of the eyelids, nose, mouth, and ears, and limit movement of the arms and legs. Restricted movement of the chest can lead to breathing difficulties and respiratory failure. The skin normally forms a protective barrier between the body and its surrounding environment. The skin abnormalities associated with harlequin ichthyosis disrupt this barrier, making it more difficult for affected infants to control water loss, regulate their body temperature, and fight infections. Infants with harlequin ichthyosis often experience an excessive loss of fluids (dehydration) and develop life-threatening infections in the first few weeks of life. It used to be very rare for affected...

Few years ago, 2014, during the Goodluck Jonathan (the erstwhile President of Nigeria) administration the west sent a biological weapon to Africa, Nigeria was a major target. A human being loaded with EBOLA virus came into this country landed in Lagos the most populous state in the country for to attend an oblivious conference. That man was diagnosed of Ebola and would not cooperate with the care givers. It took one brave woman Dr. Ameyo Adedevoh , who dealt him a defeating closeline and single handedly restrained him to the bed. She is said to be the greatest grand daughter of Nigeria's foremost founding father of the Nigerian state, Ajayi Crowther. She is credited with having curbed a wider spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria by placing the patient zero , Patrick Sawyer , in quarantine despite pressures from the Liberian government. When threatened by Liberian officials who wanted the patient to be discharged to attend a conference, she resisted the pressu...