Conjoined Twins Essay

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Conjoined twins, from the moment they enter the world, face a myriad of social, physical, psychological, and health problems. If one or both of the conjoined twins’ major body parts cannot properly function, they usually die within a few days. The births of conjoined twins are when the skin and internal organs are fused together, which only happens in every 40,000 births. The ratio for the sex of conjoined twins is 3:1, the 3 being the girls. Conjoined twins are increasingly accepted into our everyday lives as we grow to understand their unusual physical and emotional bond and learn more about the science behind their development. Conjoined twins have one major cause, which makes them conjoined. When an egg is produced and is fertilized by sperm, 3 things can happen, the egg can grow and form only one fetus, the egg can split and form identical twins (triplets) or the egg can partially split and grow into conjoined twins. Usually identical twins are formed during the first 12 days after the conception date, but when the …show more content…

There are many types of conjoined twinand one of the most common ones it called Thoracopagus Twins, which are twins that are conjoined at the chest and share a heart. The seperation of these types of twins has never been recorded as successful, yet many twins of this nature can survive connected to one another. Another common type of conjoined twins is Omphalopagus. These twins are conjoined at the bellybutton reagon and generally share a liver. Pygopagus twins are joined at the bottom of the spine. Some of these twins share the lower gastrointestinal tract, and some even share the genital and urinary organs. Craniopagus twins are joined at the head. Craniopagus twins share the skull, and if they share a brain, it is impossible to separate with out killing one twin. Many conjoined twins have separate arms and legs, but in some cases, limbs are

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