Modern science has gone quite far in its achievements, made an incredible number of discoveries, created medicines for diseases that were considered indiscernible only in the last century, and is on the verge of discovering a medicine for AIDS. And here's the nonsense, none of the best minds in the medical field can solve the mystery of Chase Britton
Chase is now three years old and was born without the cerebellum, one of the most important parts of the brain. The most interesting thing is that during pregnancy, his mother Heather Britton underwent several ultrasound examinations and everything was in order - they showed that all the important organs are developing well and are in their place, including the cerebellum. After giving birth, the boy's parents did not undergo any examinations, but after a while they noticed that the baby was lagging behind in development and turned to doctors. Then they discovered this pathology.
From that moment on, Professor DuPlessis, one of the leading specialists of the National Center for Pediatrics, has been observing the boy. “So far we cannot answer the question: if during the period of intrauterine development, Chase's cerebellum was in place, then where did it disappear now?”, He says. Indeed, the Chase Britton phenomenon is still unexplained: some scientists believe that his anomaly is a consequence of a genetic mutation, while another part believes that the disappearance of the cerebellum is a consequence of intrauterine damage to the fetus.
Another mystery is how a child without a cerebellum still manages, albeit lagging behind peers, to master all the skills that any normal child acquires at his age. The cerebellum controls important functions such as coordination of movements, muscle tone and regulation of balance. His absence, it would seem, should have turned Chase into a severely disabled person, but he, albeit with difficulty, is trying to be a normal child.
“The doctors, after watching Chase and looking at the tomograms of his brain, told us that it was absolutely incredible - with such MRI data, he would have become a 'vegetable', a completely meaningless creature,” says his mother, Heather Britton.
She adds that one specialist in medical genetics encouraged her and her husband very much with the phrase: "Anyway, but you should slowly collect money for Chase's studies at the university: in the next 15 years, a lot can change."
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