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"We will do everything for her" father of Honduran baby with microcephaly
June 2, 2016 / 8:45 a.m. / C?sar Andr? Panting
The girl suffers serious consequences. His father admitted to Diario La Prensa that no longer have more resources.
A Honduran baby was born with microcephaly yesterday in the US, condition, according to doctors, was caused after his mother was infected with the virus during pregnancy Zika.
The child's parents are Honduran and reside in San Pedro Sula, but the small hospital was born in Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, a city that traveled the mother using all their savings.
The health status of the baby is delicate and the aftermath of the devastating zika.
"The baby was born prematurely, underweight. Suffers severe microcephaly. Your condition may bring to seizures, developmental delay, hearing loss and severe mental disability. The baby also has intestinal and visual problems, "said Manny Alvarez, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Hackensack Hospital.
Microcephaly is a birth defect in which the size of the baby's head is smaller than normal and often cause brain atrophy.
Microcephaly can be caused in fetuses of women in their pregnancy they are infected zika, Honduras virus that has already affected more than 19,000 people, of which 291 are pregnant women.
The zika is a virus usually transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (the same that transmits dengue and chikungunya), but can also be through sexual intercourse with an infected person or pregnant woman to her fetus person.
The zika is real
The father of the little newspaper La Prensa spoke about his daughter.
"We will do everything for her. No matter the sacrifices. It is our daughter, "he said and admitted that they have run out of financial resources due to the expenses that have since learned that their little girl suffered microcephaly.
The mother of the baby is hospitalized, like the girl in the Medical Center of New Jersey.
"This hurts us in the soul, but we present the case of our daughter so that other people realize the dangers of zika and take precautions. The zika is real and can affect anyone, "said the father.
The father told his wife that managed to travel to the United States while pregnant using their savings, taking out loans and receiving family benefits.
A sad Christmas
The parent recounted how her daughter ended up infected with the virus. "My wife became pregnant in late September 2015. We learned in early October of that year. It was a great joy, for we have a six year old son and we would no longer be alone. At the beginning we were told they would be twins, but in the end only an embryo developed. We went to check and everything was fine; however, in December zika and then he gave me my pregnant wife. It was then that everything changed, "said the father.
He announced that then went to the doctor and an ultrasound detected a problem in the baby's head shortly after experts confirmed that the girl had microcephaly.
"We were devastated, but our daughter. He used everything we had for my wife outside the United States, "he said.
The case of Honduran baby has caused a stir in the United States, it is the second that occurs in that country; however, the first mainland, and the other was in the state of Hawaii, which is made up of a group of islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Report
Alvarez, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Hackensack, said conference yesterday that the baby was born by Caesarean section at 3:00 pm (1:00 pm, Honduras).
"The baby was delivered without incident. He left crying. In the face of his mother he could see the pain, "he said, and reported that the baby is staffed by neonatologists, infectious disease experts and others.
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