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    What are birthmarks?

    Question #43085. Asked by Gimboid. (Jan 07 04 9:45 AM)


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    		Birthmarks are basically an overgrowth of blood vessel tissue in a specific area on the body. It is not completely known why blood vessels grow too much in one particular area of the body but it does occur during the prenatal development. http://www.dbpeds.org/conditions/conditions.cfm?Abbrev=birthmark

    Jan 07 04, 9:55 AM
    exceller

    		Birthmarks usually don't have anything to do with being born. Some birthmarks can be inherited, but most birthmarks are unrelated to the birth of a human.

    http://www.birthmarks.com/Index.cfm

    Birthmark Statistics:

    1 in 10 children are born with a vascular birthmark

    1% of children born with a vascular birthmark (1 in 1,000 of all children) will require medical intervention

    A port-wine stain, a type of vascular birthmark, occurs in 3 of 1,000 infants.

    [Added text from the reference link - McG]

    Mar 23 08, 4:13 PM

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