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12:16, 04-Oct-2017
Baby born with piece of ‘jade’ shocks China's Internet
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In what may be a real life incarnation of Jia Baoyu, the protagonist born with a piece of jade in his mouth from the classic Chinese novel "A Dream of Red Mansions", a baby girl was accompanied by a crystal egg-shaped "jade" object at birth.
According to Tiantai County People’s Hospital in east China’s Zhejiang Province, a transparent water-filled “ball” about the size of a woman’s palm fell out of the mother’s abdomen during her cesarean surgery.
The staggering object, undetected in the prenatal examination, did not prevent the mother from giving birth to a healthy baby girl weighing 2.8 kilograms, obstetrician Pan Yuxia recalled.
The PLB found in the mother's abdomen amid the surgery /Taizhou Evening Post Photo.
The PLB found in the mother's abdomen amid the surgery /Taizhou Evening Post Photo.
The unexpected translucent “jade”, which was thrust into the spotlight after a nurse posted photos of the medical wonder in a group on WeChat, China's most popular instant-messaging app, was later identified as a peritoneal loose body (PLB).
Pathology of the PLB in the mother’s abdomen has not yet been ascertained, though reasons behind its formation are presumed to include obstructed abdominal blood supply and epiploic appendages.
The PLB found in the mother's abdomen during surgery /Taizhou Evening Post Photo.
The PLB found in the mother's abdomen during surgery /Taizhou Evening Post Photo.
Usually about the size of small jujubes, the PLBs are harmless if they don't develop further and pinch on the nerves, noted Pan. She added that the transparency and size of the one found in the mother's abdomen makes it a rare phenomenon among the dozen documented PLB cases worldwide.
The PLB or “jade” has amazed China's Internet users with hundreds of thousands of netizens marveling at the physical wonder.
Jia Baoyu, main character in the TV adaptation of the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" (1987 TV series) /Internet Photo
Jia Baoyu, main character in the TV adaptation of the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" (1987 TV series) /Internet Photo
“The baby should have a character ‘Yu’ (meaning "jade" in Chinese) in her name just like Jia Baoyu,” @renmeili commented on China’s Twitter-like Weibo.
“May the rare ‘jade’ bring peace and bless to the newborn,” another Weibo user @beidaoyuxia noted, adding “the girl must be someone beyond common with the unexpected gift at birth.”