Amazing: Man Has 6 Fingers And 12 Toes…how he got this will shock you
It is so amazing to find a man that has six fingers and twelve toes but this
American man has a sixth finger on his right hand, and, even more bizarrely, he had 12 toes – an extra one on each foot. Amazing: Man Has 6 Fingers And 12 Toes…how he got this will shock you
As reported by Metro,the image was posted on Figure 1, an app where healthcare staff share medical images with each other to gain further opinions, by a doctor who said all the man’s fingers worked normally.
Having with an extra finger is known as polydactyly, which can occur for reasons including being born with a genetic condition – as well as being inherited. Amazing: Man Has 6 Fingers And 12 Toes…how he got this will shock you
Every one in 500 births is affected by polydactyly, with actress Gemma Arterton being born with an extra digit on each hand.Amazing: Man Has 6 Fingers And 12 Toes…how he got this will shock you
They simply fell off, leaving only small scars, after a doctor tied round them.
She described it as ‘my little oddity that I’m really proud of. People are really interested, but repulsed at the same time’.
Dr Anand Saggar, a senior genetic consultant at St George’s Hospital, London, and the International Gene Clinic in Harley Street, told the Daily Mail: ‘If it’s fully functional, there may be no need to remove it.’
However, nubbins – extra digits that are only skin and not functional – are usually removed in infancy.
