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@allknowing (130067)
India
November 1, 2017 6:23am CST
I just read this news on Yahoo a rare kind of birth and thought you might like it too. I wonder if they could be called twins.
The two boys were placed on a ventilator at birth but doctors said their chances of survival were zero. Twins born with two heads, but sharing one body, are known as dicephalic parapagus. It affects around one in a million births.
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pumpkinjam
@pumpkinjam (8528)
• United Kingdom
1 Nov 17
The doctors said these children had no chance of survival but there have been similar cases where the twins survived (and still survive) into adulthood. I would assume, though, that likelihood of survival would depend on exactly which body parts/internal organs are shared. It must have been devastating for the family to experience the loss of their newborns.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Nov 17
Devastating no doubt but in the interest of those kids parents would have had no alternative but to accept their loss.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Nov 17
That is very sad indeed. The parents would be devastated.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
2 Nov 17
In a way it is good that they are no more. How would they cope with this deformity?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Nov 17
@allknowing I think it is good too. It would have been horrendous trying to bring them up.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71659)
• United States
1 Nov 17
One in a million is still to often
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71659)
• United States
2 Nov 17
@allknowing yep but just so sad it ever happens
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Nov 17
That is just an expression I suppose.
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kiran8
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
2 Nov 17
There have been many such cases in India. I have seen two young girls joined at the hips but one body with two heads would be very rare.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
2 Nov 17
The two heads and one body is kind of rare I think.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40424)
• United States
1 Nov 17
That is so very sad. Poor little ones. But they will be healthy and whole in heaven.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Nov 17
Strange that parents wanted them to live. Little do they know how difficult it would have been for their children to carry on.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
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1 Nov 17
Amazing.! I really can't say what is best for that family.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Nov 17
As I have already commented in the interest of those kids parents should accept their loss.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
1 Nov 17
I consider it a blessing that they/he didn't survive. Sad for the family though.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Nov 17
I too feel the same.
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paigea
@paigea (35635)
• Canada
2 Nov 17
Poor family. It would be so sad to go through that.
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