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Spina Bifda

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Spina Bifda

Spina bifda begins usually beore thewoman knows she is pregnant (day 21-28)

The tissues that orm the neural tube donot lose or stay ompletely losed!

"n opening in the #ertebrae that protet

the spinal ord is ormed!

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Types o Spina Bifda

1! $ulta %hidden&

this type is o#ered by a layer o skinand is not #isible outside the body'howe#er the #ertebrae are malormed!

2! eningoelethe spinal ord membrane bulges out oan opening that is aused by damagedor missing #ertebrae and is usuallyseen as a yst or bump o#ered by skin'the spinal ord de#elops normally

! yelomeningoele

the spinal ord' ner#es and membranestiks out rom the opening in thespine' usually breaking the skin ausingspinal *uid leakage! "ter surgery'paralysis is still present!

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Spina Bifda +ont,d

egrees o spine e.posure at birth anause/

0aralysis

eed or surgery

Spine problems ore mild problems that reuire the use o

ruthes' wheelhair' or leg braes!

+an also be aompanied by learning

problems' and di3ulties with bowels andurination' as well as *uid on the brain

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0otential +auses +ont,d

" amily with one hild that has spinabifda are 8 times more likely to ha#eanother with the disease

6eneti ators (heredity)

7n#ironmental ators utrition

Substane e.posure ereased oli aid intake during pregnany

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0re#ention

olate supplement gi#en e#ery day 429 Soluble

B #itamin

7ssential or amino aid synthesis and rapidlydi#iding ells

:edues homoysteine le#els by returning itto methionine

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omesti "nimals

$urs in animals ogs and ats

Signs are mostly in pel#i limbs' as well as

urinary;eal inontinene that an beaompanied by saroaudal dysgenesis!

Surgial proedures may help ontroldi3ulties and e#en orret ondition

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Treatment

eningoele an be treated surgially torestore normal spinal ord untion

yelomeningoele spina bifda isoperated on within

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Benefits Decrease handicaps

Corrected brainmalformations

Risks Infection

Blood loss

Premature delivery Organ immaturity

Death

Fetal urgery !reatment