Help for Miss Akuwa Joy Adejo diagnosed with Umbilical Hernia & Liver failure

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Below is what was sent to me to share. Please if you can help...

Miss Akuwa Joy Adejo has been diagnosed with Umbilical Hernia and Liver failure. She requires liver transplant and umbilical surgery scheduled  to be done on 15th Jan. 2016 in India. Please she needs your financial support as no amount is too small to save her life. Please you can donate to her gofundme account on www.gofundme.com/m4c5qfa7 or her GT Bank account 0128095253. God bless you as you help save a life.

An umbilical hernia occurs when the opening in the stomach muscle that allows the umbilical cord to pass through fails to close completely. Umbilical hernias are most common in babies, according to the Mayo Clinic, but they can also occur in adults.

African-American babies, premature babies, or babies born at a low birth weight are at an even higher risk of developing an umbilical hernia. There is no noted difference in occurrence between boys and girls, according to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center.

An umbilical hernia in adults usually occurs when too much pressure is put on a weak section of the stomach muscles, due to factors including: being overweightfrequent pregnanciesmultiple gestation pregnancies (having twins, triplets, etc.)fluid in the abdominal cavitystomach surgeryhaving a persistent, heavy cough while Liver failure or hepatic insufficiency is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised, acute and chronic.