Taking a Closer Look at Siamese Twins

"I am a join twin, I never sent a combined life" (Cole). For centuries, twins have been obsessed and questioned. They are worshiped as gods and monsters. We gradually understood their emotional and physical connections, became to understand their development, and accepted solidarity twins in their daily lives. Sham twins should be together; in many cases, they have better survival changes. Siam 's name comes from famous twin Eng and Chang, born as Siamese parents, now known as Thailand.

Siamese twins (or commonly used term "Siam") are the same twins the body is connected together during pregnancy. This occurs when fertilized eggs begin to divide on day 12 after fertilization and can not be completely separated. This occurs during pregnancy of one in 50,000 people. The surgical evaluation of the most coupled twins is currently attempted to separate them into separate functional bodies. If you share important organs and structures (brain, heart, liver etc) among twins, the difficulty level will rise.

In the case of incomplete division of the single elliptical twin, the combined fetus formed, then the combined twins appeared. These types of twins are also known as join twins. They share the same amniotic cavity and placenta in the uterus of the mother. Most of them are physically connected by head, chest or pelvis, and some of them share several internal organs. 40% to 60% of the connected twins are stillborn, and about 35% of the twins survive for only one day. The overall survival rate for these twins is between 5% and 25%.

For example, consider the case of Lakeberg Siamese twins, Angela and Amy. Twins were born at Loyola University Medical Center and joined the abdomen. They shared several major organs, including the liver and deformed six-cavity heart. According to medical view, Amy has no possibility of long-term survival and Angela has the possibility of 1% of survival when separated from Amy. Dr. Loyola suggested not to surgically separate, but urged the twins to die. (I should mention the proposal of Dr. Loyola that I will not undergo surgery.

Imagine a woman with twins together. Doctors say that they will die within 6 months of birth unless they are separated at birth. Is it wrong to make a person save another person? Or is it right to make him both dead, or is it wrong? This example shows the difficulty of conflicting rights. If it is wrong to stop the fetus due to the right to life, it is wrong to kill a newly born baby. However, if a woman does not elect to separate the twins, they die. If the mother chooses surgery, she will violate the right to the life of the twin that is going to die. But the twins will inevitably die; it's just a matter of time. Guaranteed value of guaranteed lifetime is higher than saving potential (short term) lifetime

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