Main causes of gastroshisis: Gastroshisis is a birth defect of the abdominal wall, where the baby’s intestines stick out side of the body through a hole beside the belly button.

The degree of defect varies in children; the opening can be small or large and some times other organs such as the liver and the stomach can also stick outside the body.

How the defect occurs due to vascular accidents during the development of the …foetus. The early intrusion of the umbilical cord vein, which leaves a defect on the right side of the umbilicus (this means a scar where the umbilical cord was attached).

The doctors say that as a result of the above, the child is born with an opening, which allows the intestines and other organs to move outside the body.

Because the intestines are not covered in a protective sac and exposed to the amniotic fluid, the bowel can become irritated, causing it to shorten, twist or to swell.

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