It has been reported that after 6 months of being pregnant,
a lady aborted her pregnancy because doctors told her she was having a ‘mermaid-like
foetus.
The 23-year-old opted for such after the result of a scan
conducted at the Health Care Centre for Women and Children in Yichang City, in
Central China’s Hubei Province.
Her decision to abort the pregnancy was further boosted when
medical specialists suggested to her that the baby would only live for only few
hours after birth.
According to the result of the scans the foetus had
developed a 'tail-like growth' instead of legs. It had a stunted liver and did
not have a bladder.
According to Doctors at the hospital told Wu the foetus was
suffering from sirenomelia, a rare condition often referred to as 'Mermaid
Syndrome'.
The causes behind sirenomelia are still unknown, but it
occurs once in every 100,000 pregnancies.
It is an uncommon genetic abnormality in which the legs are merged
together, giving them the appearance of a mermaid's tail.
Reports has it that, there are only two known survivors of
Mermaid Syndrome in the world today.
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