See a child born without a nose

See a child born without a nose

This is a rare medical condition, but 43 times in the world did not show

The moment when the baby to come out of this life no doubt are more moments of happiness for parents. Is not the case of the child Eli Thompson's mother that she cried when her child was placed immediately after birth on her chest that was the most bizarre moments in her life and screamed: "has no nose."

This shock were not the child's parents only, but the doctors where filming ultrasonography did not reveal throughout pregnancy for the presence of a congenital defect such a period, and then put the oxygen mask of the child was found to doctors that is capable of a child breathing through his mouth and was immediately diagnosed syndrome lack of congenital nose (congenital arhinia) It is a rare disorder only appeared 43 times since 1931, and doctors say that one case appear in every 197 million births, a very large number.

Congenital absence of the nose can make it difficult for the baby's breathing and feeding at the same time, however, there are cases of people suffering from this situation and arrive at the youth and puberty. Child Eli does not have a nose and olfactory systems to also cavity.

Eli child underwent surgery five days after his birth in order to help him breathe more easily, and put it better since then. However, doctors do not expect to be subject to any reconstructive surgery until the age of puberty, with the knowledge that this medical condition also affects the pituitary gland, which collects and produces several important hormones in adulthood.