Man gives birth to his own twin

[Laisrean]

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1

Mehta said that he can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, gallons of fluid spilled out — and then something extraordinary happened.

"To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside," he said. "It was a bit shocking for me."

I'm a bit interested in what happens to the twin that lived inside him. I've heard of cases like this before, but why is it this is never talked about? Is the deformed twin killed, or is it allowed to live? Can it learn to talk and live a semi-normal existance?

Does anyone know? The article doesn't say... :whatgives

[AutumnRain]

"Usually, both twins die before birth from the strain of sharing a placenta.

Sometimes, however, as in Bhagat's case, the host twin survives and is delivered. What makes his case so unusual is that no one suspected Bhagat had a twin inside him for 36 years."


That was on the second page of the article...the link is kinda small, so difficult to see. :)

Blessings,
AR

[enchancea]

wow thats very interesting

[Laisrean]

That was on the second page of the article...the link is kinda small, so difficult to see. :)

Blessings,
AR

Yeah, I read that it was delivered alive but I mean what happened after that. Did it die afterwards? What did they do with it? :woah:

[_Banbha_]

Here is a link from the second page of the article that explains further and has some pictures. Not of this guy though.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/105/6/1335

There's nothing paranormal about this condition, though it's rare and grusome. Science or Discovery Channel (can't rember which) have done some excellent shows on this condition. It seems to happen in extreme in third world countries because of the lack of medical care.

[_Banbha_]

Yeah, I read that it was delivered alive but I mean what happened after that. Did it die afterwards? What did they do with it? :woah:It's a parasite and dies without it's host.

[Laisrean]

Here is a link from the second page of the article that explains further and has some pictures. Not of this guy though.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/105/6/1335

There's nothing paranormal about this condition, though it's rare and grusome. Science or Discovery Channel (can't rember which) have done some excellent shows on this condition. It seems to happen in extreme in third world countries because of the lack of medical care.

Thanks. That one kinda answered my question.

The fetus was always anencephalic, the vertebral column and the limbs were present in the fetus in fetu in almost all cases (91% and 82.5%, respectively). The lower limbs were more developed than the upper limbs. Fetus in fetu was rarely found in the central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, vessels, or the genitourinary tract; however, it was found in 55.8%, 45%, 40% and 26.5% of cases, respectively. It was rarer still to find fetus in fetu in the lungs, adrenal glands, pancreas, spleen, and lymph nodes. The heart was very rarely found in fetu.

Anencephalic means it has little or nothing in the way of a brain, so it must have died immediately or not long after it was removed.

This is probably for the best, because it couldn't have been a very pleasant existance...

[Laisrean]

It's a parasite and dies without it's host.

Yeah, I thought so and now I know. I just wasn't sure.

But there is an episode of the X-files where a twin like this comes out of this guys body every night and kills people looking for another twin like it. X-files had some weird episodes... :holycow:

[_Banbha_]

Yeah, I thought so and now I know. I just wasn't sure.

But there is an episode of the X-files where a twin like this comes out of this guys body every night and kills people looking for another twin like it. X-files had some weird episodes... :holycow:

Oh, that was a good one. The 'Geek' guy was in that and a bunch of other side show performers. That little tumor running around was scary. :hehehehe:

[Philosophia]

Yeah, I thought so and now I know. I just wasn't sure.
But there is an episode of the X-files where a twin like this comes out of this guys body every night and kills people looking for another twin like it. X-files had some weird episodes... :holycow:

Wasn't that the carnival episode with the tattooed man? I love that show..._inabox_

[Laisrean]

Oh, that was a good one. The 'Geek' guy was in that and a bunch of other side show performers. That little tumor running around was scary. :hehehehe:

Yeah, it was one of the better episodes. It really creeped me out. _inabox_

Wasn't that the carnival episode with the tattooed man? I love that show..._inabox_

Yep. The crocodile guy who eats weird stuff. He catches the fetus and eats it at the end.

Hey! There is a thread in PP about fetus eating. This would go great in there. :idea:

[Jenne]

Yeah, it was one of the better episodes. It really creeped me out. _inabox_



Yep. The crocodile guy who eats weird stuff. He catches the fetus and eats it at the end.

Hey! There is a thread in PP about fetus eating. This would go great in there. :idea:


:lol: That thread will NEVER die, now!

[Liberty]

I saw that on tv!
Medical Mysteries.
I only got to see about 5mins of it though, so I missed the good part.

[Little Billy]

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1



I'm a bit interested in what happens to the twin that lived inside him. I've heard of cases like this before, but why is it this is never talked about? Is the deformed twin killed, or is it allowed to live? Can it learn to talk and live a semi-normal existance?

Does anyone know? The article doesn't say... :whatgives

My deformed twin makes me do Bad Things.

LB,
May have found the perfect excuse.

[Fire's Shadow]

Ain't that the damndest thing...

I never knew this sort of thing existed.

[Shanti]

Fascinating but sad and a little gross.

[Zibblsnrt]

Heh; fetus in fetu's weird, but it's hardly a case of "the paranormal." As others in this thread have mentioned, the parasite fetus is always a lost cause - it's never developed well enough to survive out the womb, and more often than not dies inside the person anyway, which creates a whole different set of problems.

[bbnflpn]

it said in the link more info on fetus fetu. somewhere in the middle of that page is a link to a chart, and it said that some of these babys were actualy born live and lived for quite some time after birth. not all of them of corse.

very interesting.

[The High Queen of Faerie]

Hah, interesting

[Agaliha]

Creepy. Not paranormal, but pretty weird.

Wasn't there a Arnold Schwarzenegger about this -- giving birth to a twin?
Or was that "Junior" where he took the medicine and had a baby?
I'm confused.

[ValD]

Creepy. Not paranormal, but pretty weird.

Wasn't there a Arnold Schwarzenegger about this -- giving birth to a twin?
Or was that "Junior" where he took the medicine and had a baby?
I'm confused.
As well as the film where he became pegnant, The Governator did a film where he and Danny de Vito were identical twins - that's what you're thinking of.