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Bizarre blip: Cases of fetuses with flipped organs quadrupled in China
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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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
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.