Mermaid Syndrome - Sirenomelia

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mermaids (:

Well; not exactly.

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Have you ever heard of Sirenomelia? Most people haven't, because its not very common. In case you don't know, its a rare deformity when your legs are fused together, together, looking like you're a mermaid (and no, you don't have scales). This condition happens in about 70,000 births! Sirenomelia is very common when giving birth to twins. Sirenomeilia also happens in con-joined twins (siamese). Sirenomelia is caused by the failure of the normal vascular supply from the your lower aorta. Maternal diabetes can also happen, when having Sirenomelia. When having Sirenomelia, you have the oppurtuinity to have your legs surgecially split apart; so you can walk.

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Look below to read about TWO of the many Sirenomelia Survivors.

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Milagros Cerron:

Milagros Cerron , from Peru, is one of the many Sirenomelia survivors who got her legs surgecially split apart. She was born on April 27, 2004. She was born with many birth defects, and a deformed kidney. Luckially on May 31st 2005, a successfull operation took place, to seperate her legs so she could walk. Even though she got her legs split, she became so traumatized, she lost her speaking patterns and became nearly mute! Being mute is when you cannot talk in case you didn't know.

Shiloh Pepin:

Unlike Milagros Cerron, Shiloh did not get her legs surgecially split. Instead she left her body the way it was because she wanted to be different. She doesn't care what people think of her, she wants to be herself. Most of the time, when people have Sirenomelia, they don't survive, but Shiloh did! She goes to school, has lots of friends, and even conquered her dream of going swimming. At the bottom of the page, click play on the video to hear Shiloh's remarkable story.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Nobody with Sirenomelia can go to the bathroom. Why? Because they are born without their (private) parts. So, instead, they use a catheter. A catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or vessle. Catheters allow drainage from fluids, accessed by surgical instruments. Most catheters are very thin, and soft.

Also, Sirenomelia mostly happens to girls, it can rarely ever happen to males.

There hasn't been one male in the world that has suffered from Sirenomelia!

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( lucky boys!)

If you're really interested in this topic, go to www. tlc.com, and search for the mermaid girl (:

There's a documentary!

check out these super-fly pictures & a rad video (: