Who on this site has a baby with extreme shortgut syndrome due to gastroschisis

[syljean]

My grandson has only 1 inch left of his small intestines and not much more of his colon.  They say most shortgut babies have at least 10% but he does not.  He needs a transplant.  I read online a doctor's study which says fast food is a major factor in women giving birth to babies with gastroschisis

[syljean]

Dr. Kenneth Jones, USC San Diego, received the Hartwell Foundation Grant to study women who are carrying babies with gastroschisis. http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/awards/04-08KennethLyonsJones.asp
In this article he attributes all of it to age and fast food/Western style processed food.  The age, his assistant explained to me, is because they are young and make unhealthy food choices

[CalGal]

There is a lot of speculation as to the cause. However, in the medical literature none of the speculated causes include fast food. There's a somewhat technical article on the condition on emedicine.com. Sign in and take a look.