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Bizarre blip: Cases of fetuses with flipped organs quadrupled in China (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (12 children)

That's very strange, but are there any adverse effects from this condition?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because the relationship between the organs is not changed, most people with situs inversus have no associated medical symptoms or complications.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

wait so if these babies are functioning normally as this would imply then how tf do people know the organs are flipped? is this something you can see on the ultrasound in the womb or did they get their babies scanned for some reason? is this a stupid question?? i dont have any kids so im genuinely lost here

edit: i read the article again and “ But, in 2023, the rate jumped to nearly 24 cases per 10,000 ultrasound screenings.” so it was indeed from an ultrasound. my b. leaving this here in case others are confused and stupid like me.

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