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What is CDH?

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)

CDH is when the diaphragm (a thin sheet of muscle that helps us to breath and keeps our chest and stomach contents separate) does not form properly, allowing for the abdominal organs to migrate into the chest cavity, and thus preventing lung growth.  


CDH occurs 1 in every 2500 pregnancies. 


A cause is still unknown.

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