History and disease: Spina Bifida?

Question

How long have people been affected by Spina Bifida? When did the illness first show up in history? Even if it was diagnosed as Spina Bifida at the time?

Answer 1

Spina Bifida is a congenital defect in which one or more of the vertebrae fails to develop completely leaving a portion of the spinal cord exposed. The cause is not completely known The rate of spina bifida births is highest among very young or very old mothers. and if a mother gives birth to 1 child with the disease she is 10 times more likely to give birth to another Spina Bifida child..
There are 4 known distinct forms of spina bifida S.B Occulta is the most common and least serious form the spinal cord is not visible externally and the area is often covered by a tuft of hair or a dimple.
Myelocele also known as meningomyelocele is the most severe and children with this form are usually severely handicapped, and often are paralysed below the level of the defect. Hydrocephalus (excess fluid on the brain) is also common. Surgery can correct less severe cases.
Children have always been born with Spina Bifida, but did not survive. until advances were made in medicine. It is not an illness, you can't catch it or develop it. It is a congenital defect due to a defective or missing gene.
It was named Spina (Spine) Bifida ( from the word Bifid meaning separated/two parts. to split.

Answer 2

Spina Bifida has always been around but in the past babies would die shortly after birth. Hydrocephalus (water on brain) is another factor with SB but years ago the technology to place a shunt in the babies head was not around, so many would die from the swelling. The information the 1st poster pasted into her comment is also correct, depending on the level of the opening determines the severity of the disability.

Answer 3

Spina Bifida (SB) is a particularly undemanding delivery illness which looks in a million-2 in accordance to at least one thousand stay births global. interior of us of a on my own, there are 0.7 circumstances of spina bifida in accordance to at least one thousand stay births. more suitable data..