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A newborn with plastic skin was treated in Panipat, Haryana. In fact, this child born to a couple of Zirakpur in Punjab, 2 months ago, was being treated at a big hospital in Chandigarh. But the doctors there remained unable. After which the child was brought to a hospital in Panipat.
Where the child has got rebirth. Here, after about 1 month of treatment, the child suffering from Collodion syndrome was cured by 70%. Now the child will make recovery very soon. After which the child was handed over to his family members. The subsequent treatment of the child will continue on medicines till 100% recovery. Which will also take about 1 month.
The child was born at 36 weeks
Neonatologist and Pediatrician Dr. Shaleen Pareek told that the child was born at 36 weeks on February 28, 2023 to a couple of Zirakpur. That child had a congenital skin disorder. It has a tight, waxy, shiny skin like plastic.
That newborn child was referred to Panipat from a big private hospital there. This autosomal recessive genetic disorder is a dermatological emergency, occurring in approximately 1 in 1 lakh births. This is the first case of a child surviving in such a situation in Panipat.
This is how the child was born
Sheetal’s child (name changed for privacy reasons) was born when her 34-year-old mother was going through a difficult pregnancy. The infant was born prematurely at 36 weeks through normal delivery. The child had red skin covered with a thick membrane on the chest, upper and lower parts of the arms and legs.
In medical language it is known as collodion membrane. Because of this, the child’s eyelids and lips were torn and ears were deformed. After initial treatment at a peripheral hospital for a few days, the baby was referred to the NICU at a center in Panipat. On arrival, it was observed that the child required oxygen support system and was placed in an incubator with 70% humidity.
50% of such children die
According to Dr Shaleen Pareek, “The Collodion baby syndrome is a complex and life-threatening skin condition. Very few babies with the condition survive the first week of life and the mortality rate is as high as 50%. Timely checkup is necessary.
With timely care by referring babies to a tertiary care neonatal centre, babies can improve. This case was challenging. Because the baby got an infection during birth. He was having trouble breathing. This required multi-disciplinary management from skin and ENT specialists. Worked on it in time.
This happens due to Collodion syndrome disease
Cases related to Collodion Baby Syndrome have been reported earlier in other parts of our country as well. The entire credit for the successful outcome in this case goes to the systematic clinical expertise of the NICU team in tertiary level neonatal case management. According to experts, Collodion syndrome is one of the rarest diseases in the world which occurs due to abnormality in the sperm of the parents.
If both chromosomes are infected, the child born may suffer from Collodion syndrome, Down syndrome. In this disease, the child is born with a plastic-like layer on the body.
the skin hardens and cracks
Normally 23-23 chromosomes are found in female and male. If both the chromosomes are infected, the child born may be collodion. In this disease, the whole body of the child gets covered with a layer of plastic. Gradually this layer starts bursting and there is unbearable pain.
If the infection increases, it will be difficult to save his life. In many cases such children shed the plastic cover within ten days. Up to 10% of children with this can make a full recovery, but they also have ichthyosis (skin related) problems for life. Their skin becomes hard and life has to be lived in this condition. Which is very difficult.
Illness in the history of parents also becomes the reason
Doctors say that it is a genetic disorder, if there is any such disease in the history of the parents, then it is natural for the child to have it. Due to the second chromosome, this disease can also come in the child.
If such a child is born, then there is a 25% chance of another child being born in the same condition. After the birth of such a child, it is necessary to take the advice of doctors while planning for another child.