A baby boy over the age of one, coming from the Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, India, registered his name in the Guinness world records for having a total of 34 fingers and toes.
Amrita Saxena, the mother of the child, said it was difficult for her to believe that her son broke the world record, until a friend convinced her. The family friend read on the internet about the baby born in China with 31 fingers. Then he said that my boy has broken the record of having 34 fingers.
Doctors attending to the child said that it was a rare phenomenon and diagnosed it as polydactyly.
"Polydactyly is due to certain defects in the bone development of the uterus. The reason behind this defect can be either developmental congenital formation or chromosomal anomalies, which is due to maternalinfection or drugs," said Dr. Gupta, a gynecologist.
She said that, it is absolutely curable. Mostly people go for plastic surgery. And sometimes when polydactyly is minimal, it can be cured normally, without an operation.
Saxena aspires for her son to lead a "normal" life and wants him to undergo proper treatment for it.


据新加坡《联合早报》23日报道，印度北方邦巴雷利区有一名一周岁大的男婴长了34只手指和脚趾，这被列入吉尼斯世界纪录。


该男婴的母亲阿梅丽塔•莎茜娜说，直到一位朋友告诉她，不然她怎么也不会相信儿子竟然打破了一项世界纪录。这位朋友通过互联网得知中国有一名婴儿长了31个指头，于是他说，我们这儿有个孩子长了34个，这才是新的世界纪录。


照料这名男婴的医生说，这是一种罕见的现象，在临床上称为"多指畸形"。

妇科专家古普塔博士说："婴儿还在胚胎时期如果骨骼发育异常，就会导致'多指畸形'。而发生这种异常有可能是先天的，也可能是因为母体受感染或药物的关系而导致染色体异常。"

古普塔表示，这是完全可以治愈的。大部分人可通过整容手术来矫正，而且如果不严重的话，只要接受正常治疗、无需动手术就可以。



莎茜娜希望儿子能像正常人一样生活，所以打算给他进行适当的治疗。

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• formation [fɔ:´meiʃən] n.形成；构成；排列 (高中英语单词)
• infection [in´fekʃən] n.感染，影响 (高中英语单词)
• maternal [mə´tə:nl] a.母亲的；母性(系)的 (英语四级单词)
• surgery [´sə:dʒəri] n.外科；外科手术 (英语四级单词)
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