YouTuber Carlito has announced that his child, born earlier this year, has Hirschsprung’s disease, a dysfunction of the muscles of the intestine.
- Carlito’s third child suffers from Hirschsprung’s disease.
- This disease is rare and characterized by signs of bowel obstruction.
- Treatment for Hirschsprung’s disease is surgery where the diseased area is removed and digestive continuity restored at the same time.
On social networks, this news moved his entire community: in a story on instagramthe YouTuber Carlito has indeed indicated that his baby suffered from Hirschprung’s disease, a congenital disease affecting the digestive tract.
Hirschsprung’s disease more often affects boys
It is the consequence of a defect in the development of the nervous system in the wall of the terminal segment of the intestine, indicates Necker Hospital, in Paris. Because of this pathology, a more or less important part of the colon cannot function properly, which disrupts the entire digestive system.
Hirschprung’s disease takes its name from Danish pediatrician Hirschsprung who first described, at the Pediatric Congress in Berlin in 1886, 20 cases of “congenital megacolon“These were children who died of constipation with major abdominal distension.
It indeed prevents the stools to evacuate spontaneously which accumulate until complete obstruction. The symptoms, fragility of transit, constipation and diarrhea, can be serious and lead to intestinal obstruction with dangerous consequences (peritonitis, sepsis, etc.).
This disease is rare and its frequency in the population is estimated at approximately 1 in 5,000 births. It is more common in boys, who typically have less extensive forms than girls.
Hirschprung’s disease: Carlito’s baby will be operated on
For Carlito, the diagnosis came as a shock: “It’s hard. The operation takes place in a month. If we put things into perspective, if we compare, it’s not much. At least we hope so“said the YouTuber.
Surgery, which removes the diseased area of the colon and then connects it to the anus, is indeed the only solution to treat the disease. The intervention is delicate and lasts an average of four hours.
On March 5, Carlito, who forms a shock duo with his sidekick McFly, announced that he was pausing his channel. Youtube to take care of his family:This period is more than necessary to take a step back, reinvent yourself and rediscover the pure pleasure of creating content with friends more simply.“, he explained in a message to the 7.2 million fans of the comic duo.
