Baby Born With 2 Heads, 3 Arms in Rare Partial Twinning in MP. See Photo

A woman recently gave birth to a baby has two heads and three hands in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam. The baby suffers from a condition called Dicephalic Parapagus which is a rare form of partial twinning.

The newborn was brought to the MY Hospital in Indore on Monday (March 28) and is currently admitted to the ICU of the pediatric department where the treatment is underway.

Dr Brajesh Lahoti, who’s treating the baby, said “This is the first child of the couple, earlier in the sonography report it was revealed that there are two children. It is a rare case, their life is not very long.”

“The upper part of the child’s body is common. The child has two spinal cords and one stomach. It is a very complex condition. The child has a condition called Dicephalic Parapagus,” he added.

The doctor further said, “The child is currently stable on the support system.”

The doctor also informed that the baby weighs around 3 kg and there is movement in the body. However, the baby is at a critical stage.

What is Dicephalic Parapagus or partial twinning?

Dicephalic Parapagus is a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. Infants conjoined this way are sometimes called “two-headed babies” in popular media. The condition is also called parapagus dicephalus. If carried to term, most dicephalic twins are stillborn, or die soon after birth. A small number are known to have survived to adulthood.

Conjoined twins appear in one in 50,000 to one in 100,000 births. Dicephalic twins represent about 11 percent of all conjoined twins.

The extent to which limbs and organs are duplicated varies from case to case. One head may be only partially developed (anencephalic),or both may be complete. In some cases, two complete hearts are present as well, which improves their chances of survival. The total number of arms may be two, three or four.