The Man Who Gave Birth -- To His TWIN

sanju bhagat is a farmer from nagpur. india and his life was pretty normal. until his 20s when he started to develop. a small bulge in his stomach. as the years went on the bulge grew. larger and people from his village would. tease him that he looked like he was. pregnant. they didn't know how close to the truth. they were. [Music]. sanju's childhood was normal he had no. medical issues at least none that he was.

aware of he never showed signs of a. tumor or any pain now sanji was poor and. from an early teenager he had to work to. feed his family and he worked on farms. which is pretty physically demanding in. his 20s he noticed that his stomach was. growing but it wasn't fat the rest of. his body was actually thin now medical. care was expensive and says it wasn't. causing him any pain he just kept living. his life but as he got into his 30s his. large belly made work more difficult he. started getting back pains and was. having trouble breathing so in 1999 at.

the age of 36 sanju collapsed when he. couldn't catch his breath he was rushed. by an ambulance to a hospital in mumbai. dr ajay meadow was on duty that day and. immediately thought this was a tumor and. he said the tumor was so large that it. was pressing on sanju's diaphragm. disrupting his ability to breathe now. the doctors knew they had to remove the. tumor as quickly as possible to save. sanju's life now as they prepared for. surgery the medical staff noticed. something strange the tumor was actually. feeding on the contents of sanji's.

stomach and when dr meta made the. incision gallons of fluid came out. he was then horrified to find this. wasn't a tumor at all. when dr metta tried to extract a large. tumor from sanji's stomach he said to my. surprise and horror i could shake hands. with somebody inside dr mehta realized. this wasn't a tumor at all it was. actually the mutated body of sanju's. twin brother the deformed fetus had arms. and legs bones hair a jaw teeth and.

somehow sanju had carried the fetus. inside his body since birth and for 36. years it continued to live and grow now. this medical condition is very rare it's. called fetus infidu and it's defined as. the presence of one twin inside the body. of another which survives like a. parasite the fetus forms a cord like an. umbilical cord that leeches blood and. nutrients from its host now only 200. cases of fetus infetu have ever been. reported the earliest case occurred in. the early 19th century it was discovered.

by johann meckel a german anatomist now. in that case a woman who insisted she. wasn't pregnant gave birth to a deformed. fetus and doctors soon learned that. she'd actually carried her twin her. entire life now fetus infeto happens. early in embryo development when it's. just a ball of cells called a blastocyst. now it's rare but sometimes a blastocyst. divides and grows twin fetuses but in. this rare case they divide unevenly and. one fetus gets stuck inside the other. now most of the time the condition is.

fatal to both twins which causes a. miscarriage but on some very rare. occasions one or both survive delivery. the condition usually goes unnoticed. until the parasitic twin grows so large. it actually causes discomfort in the. host as was the case with sanju bhagat. medical reports show that the. fingernails of the fetus were quite long. indicating it had been alive for a long. time after sanji was born and after. sanji recovered from the surgery he went. from 200 pounds to 88 pounds. even though the case was considered by.

doctors to be a medical miracle sanju. said his condition was a source of. misery and shame sanju didn't make a. full recovery he's in good health and. now leads a normal life all his life. people had teased him about being. pregnant they didn't realize how right. they were. thanks for hanging out my name is aj. this is the y files if you had fun or. learned anything do me a favor like. comment subscribe and share and until. next time be safe be kind know that you. are appreciated. [Applause].

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