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Sophie was fortunate to be diagnosed early and can lead a normal life using sign language. But her parents are sharing her story so that every other parent who are trying to have a baby or even if they are not planning to have a baby, must know of this harmful virus and ask the doctors for compulsory hearing tests to be performed on the baby just after it is born.
Babies with CMV tend to have the following signs:
- Purple rash on the skin.
- Low weight at birth or small size.
- Enlarged spleen
- Poor functioning liver
- Pneumonia
- Seizures
Visit the link for the video :
http://video.fayobserver.com/Troy-family-spreads-word-about-common-virus-few-know-of-30041274
Not all states in the US have compulsory CMV testing for babies and it was fortunate that Sophie was born in Utah, where the tests are compulsory and she was diagnosed early. Unfortunately, many babies do not undergo such tests and by the time the virus becomes active, it is already too late to do anything as the virus is incurable.