A one-year-old boy in India has broken a world record after being born with 34 fingers and toes. Akshat Saxena had seven fingers on each hand and ten toes on each foot, according to a spokesman for Guinness World Records. The child, from Uttar Pradesh in northern India, has since had a series of surgeries to amputate the excess digits. Akshat was born last year without thumbs so doctors are working to reconstruct these out of the fingers they have removed.
His mother Amrita Saxena said: 'I was so happy to see my baby as it was our first child. 'But later, when I saw his fingers, I was shocked and surprised.' The condition is known as polydactyly, a genetic disorder which can be inherited and gives rise to excess digits. Most commonly, the extra digits appear on the little finger side of the hand. Mrs Saxena said it was a family friend who convinced them Akshat was extremely special. She said: 'He read on the internet about the baby born in China with 31 fingers.
'Then he said that my boy has broken the record of having 34 fingers. At first, I was not convinced at all. It was hard to believe that my son has broken the record. 'But later, he along with my husband and my younger sister registered the data in the Internet.' The record was previously held by a six-year-old boy in China who had 15 fingers and 16 toes. The child, who his family refused to name, also had surgery to remove his extra digits. He now has ten fingers and ten toes following a six-and-a-half hour operation at a hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning last March.
Posted: at 26-07-2011 11:36 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
lopez2424 at 27-07-2011 01:40 AM (12 years ago) (f)
I wonder if he has better balance than the average person... I have heard if you cut off your big toe your balance would be compromised. If you have that many digits shouldn't it be better???
Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:40 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
na wao for this asia people wetin them no go born again.maybe this one of their gods.atall the one with two head they is their godess.this time around l wonder.the other time a child born with his heart haging outside of his body.nothing wey person no go see or hear again for this now civilise world.
Posted: at 27-07-2011 06:26 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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