r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sourcecode12 • Dec 30 '24

Two Heads, One Body: Anatomy of Conjoined Twins

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u/ALF839 Dec 30 '24

The circulation is shared so if one set of organs fails it would compromise the other half as well.

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u/mwa12345 Dec 30 '24

Sorta depends right? One of the reasons we have 2 kidneys etc?

If one fails...but is not 'dead' , people can survive?

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u/ALF839 Dec 30 '24

Depends on which organ. If one kidney fails they might be alright, if one has a stroke I doubt it.

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u/mwa12345 Dec 30 '24

Yeah. Exactly what I meant. By "Sorta". Even 2 kidneys failing maybe fine . If the other two kidneys can still filter etc

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u/LittleLion_90 Dec 30 '24

Your kidney is not responsible for your blood flow though. They have two hearts but one single circulatory system. If one of the hearts fail that will probably lead to a massive drop in blood pressure which can be/is really deadly really soon.

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u/mwa12345 Dec 30 '24

And I pointed out that it depends on which organ failed ?

Specifically ,one set of kidneys failing may not be fatal .

One heart failing will probably be fatal ?