The number of cases of diagnosis continues to grow in the USA a rare anomaly characterized by the absence of a fetal head brain and bones of the skull. US experts admit that not yet can understand the causes of this phenomenon. According to NBC News, in July last year, the US Department of Health published a report, according to which from January 2010 to January 2013 in three districts of Washington state – Yakima, Franklin and Benton – had 23 cases of diagnosing a rare anomaly were recorded – anencephaly. This intrauterine malformation of the fetus characterized by complete or partial absence of the brain and bones of the cranial vault. 
Photo from open sources The first who noticed the alarming the trend, has become a 58-year-old nurse Sara Barron with 30 years of experience at the Yakima County Medical Center. “For long years of work I was faced with the diagnosis of anencephaly only two times, and then in the center recorded two cases with this pathology with an interval of only six months, says the nurse. -I was finally struck by a conversation with a doctor who admitted that during the study found a third fetus with anencephaly. You know then I just went speechless. All this is very strange since it exceeds the national average by at least four times”. 
Photos from open sources Involved in the investigation experts pored over the medical records of pregnant women out of 27 areas registered in antenatal clinics, studying where they worked than they were sick, did they drink alcohol, drugs or smoked products, in what area they lived and from what the source drank water. After all, government officials concluded that they were not able to figure out the “conditions or reasons” of this phenomenon. “The results were disappointing, but not quite unexpected, admitted scientist Jim Kucik (Jim Kucik), who participated in the study. – Usually such birth defects cause a combination of factors that is very difficult to detect. Not it’s possible that all this is just a coincidence. ” And here is the genetic consultant Susie Ball believes that in three counties Washington state there is some problem that should be given closer attention in order to protect women in the future of childbearing age. Caution, shocking photo. 
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Photo from open sources “I would not want to scare people, but what is happening is alarming me, ”she emphasized. – Received from medical staff information should be widely publicized, that women of childbearing age take all necessary measures to prevent the development of this pathology. For starters, I advise them take folic acid. ” Scientists have already read the results previous studies identifying potential factors risk of developing anencephaly: low dietary folate acids, exposure to pesticides and drinking water pollution nitrates.
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