Birth defects

[Vanessa09]

Hello everyone,

Hope this sees you well!

So my daughter had her second (first unsuccessful) toe operations on Monday and it got me thinking.

Aside from CH she was also born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and 4 digits where the tendons haven't grown correctly - 2 club toes and little fingers not fully able to extend/straighten.

Does anyone think there might be a slight possibility that these things could be related to CH or, as I've been told before, they are all spontaneous?

Thank you

Vanessa

Xx

[posthinking01]

Sorry what is CH?

[RedApple Administrator in reply to posthinking01]

Congenital Hypothyroidism.

[posthinking01 in reply to RedApple]

Tx

[soupybp]

I doubt they truly know for sure. My MIL was always told my husband’s congenital heart defect was spontaneous. But they made us do fetal echocardiograms with both our pregnancies anyway.

[JOLLYDOLLY]

Hi Vanessa09,

I was born with CH as well. I am in my late 50's now. I personally have never heard of being born with other conditions as well. It might be just coincidence. How old is your little one now? The only thing I can't do is, bend my fore finger/index finger on my left hand but I put that down to arthritis in my old age.

The only problem I had as a child is that at one point they had to reduce my meds as my bone age was older than it should have been, but it was soon corrected. I was around five years old. So perhaps keep an eye on that. Evidently at that stage, the joints start locking into place. If I was you, I would discuss with your daughters Endo or Consultant, about vitamin D deficiency and B12 deficiency. (I was in my 30's when that was diagnosed)

The only thing that I have been told in my golden years is that, I may have always had a form of sleep apnoea, which went undetected from a young age, (I was 53 when detected) but no one is really sure. I did have my adenoids take out as a child, but it did not stop the snoring! It is something to do with soft tissue??

Always here for a chat.