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It is possible, but it depends on its severity. Some people with a strong case of meylomeningocele may have more lack of oxygen towards the brain, or more severe bladder and kidney infections due to permanent catheterization. Others wont. I suffer from the harshest one, but I can walk, run, etc and I have only needed two surgeries all my life, but I self-catheterise. So it really depends on how severe and birth deformed it affected the person.

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No. Spina Bifida is a hereditary disease, which is passed through the patients' parents' genes. It is not contagious nor communicable in any way.

No, it does not spread. SPINA BIFIDA IS A BIRTH DEFECT. I have a lot of information about Spina Bifida because my son was born with it in 2005. IT ISN'T ANYONE'S FAULT. Surgery at 2 days old can close the opening in the spine. (mom of a 3 yr. old with Spina Bifida and a healthy 1 yr. old)

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Very rarely is Spina Bifida fatal. Usually it results in difficulty in using the legs and sometimes bladder and bowel control problems, as well as often being accompanied by hydrocephalus (water on the brain), which is easily managed with surgery to put a shunt in the head (a shunt is a tube that drains fluid out of the brain). People with Spina Bifida can sometimes have problems with urinary tract infections, which can become serious if not treated, but there are antibiotics to treat them effectively.

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Yes, in several ways. First, a child with Spina Bifida is often also born with hydrocephalus, water on the brain. If the hydrocephalus is not well controlled with a shunt, or if the shunt becomes infected, that can lead to death. Another thing that can end the life of a person with Spina Bifida is urinary tract infections that get out of control. A third threat to the life of a person with Spina Bifida is pressure sores, which can become severe and infected to the point of killing the person. So these things must be carefully monitored and controlled for the entire life of a person with Spina Bifida.

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Spina bifida doesn't follow a strict inheritance pattern, but hereditary factors do play some role, though it is not completely understood yet.

Mothers who have had one child with spina bifida have a 3-4% chance of their next child having spina bifida, while the general population only has a 0.1-0.2% chance. In the case a pregnant woman has a family history of spina bifida, it is recommended that they take a higher dose of folic acid than other pregnant women. Here again, folic acid plays a role in preventing neural tube defects (like spina bifida), but the mechanism is not well understood.

Also, for an unknown reason, it is more prevalent in female children than in male children.

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There is reduced life expectancy associated withthe most severe form of spina bifida, called spina bifida cystica - myelomeningocele, which means that some part of the actual spinal cord is poking up through the skin of the back. However, with improved treatments, 75% of these individuals are living into early adulthood (but some are living into middle age, and even old age!).

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Spina bifida can be deadly; however, the fatality rate is much lower now than it was in the past. Quality medical care has contributed to the lower fatality rate.

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Yes. Premature death occurs quite often from spina bifida complications.

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