Re: 1 vein and 1 artery

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I'm sorry to hear of your grandchild's difficulties so early in life. Pulmonary hypertension is a form of high blood pressure, but I believe it only refers to the pressure of the blood that is going directly between the lungs and the heart. I'm not real sure on that. The single artery and vein, this has been discussed and excellent link given to a resourceful page in July's board. Go back to the main page here and click on the July messages and look through them for the topic/subject of "SUA" which is Single Umbilical Artery (usually there are two arteries and one vein in the umbilicus, but this is not all that rare). I would tend to think that there were probably some afterbirth/placenta issues other than the SUA to result in the very very low birthweight. Good luck and let us know in a short while houw your grandchild is doing!

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Marshella (due 2/10/00 with baby #1 after 5.5 yrs infertility)

At Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Sheila wrote:
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>My 19 year old daughter had a baby that weighed only 2lbs and 11 oz,
>this was a full term pregnancy, she did not once see a docter while she
>was pregnant.  Problem is his umbilical cord only contained 1 vein, and
>1 artery, please explain if this will cause any problems other then very
>low birth weight? Will he have any problems growing up? I was told he
>had pulmonary hyper tension, what is this and will he be able to live a
>normal life? I have never heard of anything like this, dont know what to
>expect.

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