In 1999, at Keio University Hospital in Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, a girl born with an ultra-low birth weight of 289 grams, which was the smallest in Japan at that time, turned 20 years old.The woman, who was the third lightest in the world at the time, is now graduating from high school and working for a company.
According to Keio University, the woman was born at the 23rd week of pregnancy, but was discharged safely and grew up quickly afterwards.In high school, he was active in the basketball club for three years, and after graduating he worked as an office lady.The birth weight of 3 grams is the smallest adult ultra-low birth weight infant in Japan.
He said, "I'm doing my best now by going to the computer class twice a week. I want to thank my parents for giving birth and raising me." The mother said, "I'm having my 2th birthday with the nurse at that time." Congratulations. I'm looking forward to wearing a kimono at the coming-of-age ceremony, "he commented through Keio University Hospital.
Very low birth weight infants refer to babies with a birth weight of less than 1,000 grams.When the birth weight is extremely low, various functions of the body are immature, which easily causes respiratory disorders, heart failure, and severe infections, making lifesaving difficult.
1960年代には救命率が10％未満だったが、医療技術の進歩や周産期母子医療センターの整備などから2000年代に入って80％を超すようになってきた。慶應義塾大学病院では2006年、当時世界で2番目に小さい265グラムの女児、2019年2月に男児として当時世界最小268グラムの赤ちゃんを元気に退院させている。
