I Have a Birth Defect Stories of Experiences

I was born with brain damage because of a genetic disease. It was hell on earth to grow up not only looking different than all the other kids but also with brain damage. In my school years my brain was developing so slow that you...

i have a birth defect i was born with and that is very well hidden too.it was never a problem for me really until very recently.first off what it is , is right below my tailbone i have a hole in my body.not all the way through my skin...

I don't know if this is a birth defect but I am disabled

i love reading peoples storys on birth defects because we all are so different. and dont be shy because of it! Everyone is beautiful on the inside and out. i was born with Hemifacial Microsomia, which is a birth defect that makes your...

Well for the past few weeks the head pain has been out of control. I went to the Dr and she is going to run a follow up CT scan as if is far quicker than having to wait for an MRI. She provide a prescription to help regain control...

It was discovered a few yrs back. I ended up having tremors for a couple of weeks straight and I got so exhausted of it I went to me my Dr.. Well I wasn't in her office very long when she sent me straight to the hospital. I can see why...

I was born with scoliosis, a heart murmur, and a cataract in my right eye. Cataracts usually only appear in older people, like over 60. I was born with one, though. Scoliosis is a curve of the spine. Mine is in my lower back. A heart...

I was born with Omphalocele. Omphalocele is a birth defect that effects about 1 in 5,000 newborns. The defect has to do with the closure, or non-closure, of the abdominal wall during development of the fetus. It happens at roughly 10...

I'm not sure if this really counts as a birth defect, but I am a lifelong bedwetter. I pee in my sleep more often than not. My bladder is normal size, I don't have daytime incontinence (though as I get older...). But something about...