Raizel comes from a small village in the Philippines. Raizel has been a clever and beautiful child since he was a child, so he is very popular with everyone. Her parents have always been very fond of her, hoping to train her well so that when she grows up, she can leave the village and live in the big city.
Because of his beautiful appearance, when he was 14 years old, Raize was selected to participate in the local beauty contest. Winning in the beauty pageant also made Raize more confident in his appearance, and he would be more attentive in daily wear. Every time he went out, he would meet people who praised Raize's beauty.
But an event that happened at the end of 2019 completely changed the trajectory of Raize's life.
One day, Raize woke up in the morning and found some red and itchy rashes on his arms. At first, Raizel thought it was a common skin disease, so he found some ointment at home and applied it. I thought it would be better soon after applying the ointment, but I didn't expect the area of the rash began to expand, and rashes began to appear on the body, stomach, and neck.
In the next week, something more serious happened.
Raize's face and neck began to show some wrinkles that shouldn't appear at this age, and then the belly became wrinkled, like a bitter gourd that has been sun-dried, it will still feel bad to the touch. Tingling.
This scared the Raize family. Raizel was very confused. He didn't understand why it became like this, and he had never applied anything to his face.
So the parents took Raize to the local hospital for examination, but the doctor looked at Raize’s symptoms and did not find out why. I randomly prescribed some medicine, saying that it might be allergic or insect medicine, and sent it to the Raize family.
In the following two years, Raize's condition did not improve at all, and the wrinkles on his face became more and more.Standing with my mother is even older than her mother looks.
Raize, who was originally confident and beautiful, was hit by the huge changes in his appearance. She no longer goes out in good-looking clothes as before, but often shuts herself in the room. Occasionally when I go out, I wrap my face with a headscarf.
Look at the young and beautiful self in the previous photos, and then look at the face that looks like a 60-year-old man now. Raize felt sad and helpless.
Raize's mother often secretly wiped her tears because of the huge changes in her daughter's appearance. Facing the camera, he sadly said: I am often asked why my daughter is aging so fast, and I don't know how to answer.
Raize couldn't find the cause of the appearance of aging, and there was no cure. I can only pray in my heart to change back to the original state as soon as possible. It wasn't until two years later that Raizel's incident was reported by the local media and was seen by an expert. After diagnosis, Raizel got progeria .
Progeria is a congenital hereditary disease. Once suffering from this disease, the body ages 5-10 times faster than normal people, both in appearance and organs will quickly decline.
Even some children who suffer from progeria at birth have their body growth rate 5-10 times that of normal people one year after birth. By the time they are 10 years old, they already have an 80-year-old body, not only old age Human appearance, loose skin, tooth loss, and some abnormal external features, look like aliens.
Raizel's symptoms are somewhat different from them, and signs of aging did not appear until the age of 14. But at present, only the skin is loose and aging, and the bones and cardiovascular system are still normal. However, in order to prevent problems, the local area has sent the inspection data to the United States for final inspection and diagnosis.
but Progeria is irreversible,No matter how the treatment is done later, it cannot be restored to its original appearance.
There are also cases of Progeria in my country.
桐桐 was born in an ordinary and happy family in Hebei. The birth of Tong Tong brought infinite hope to the small family, and his parents also hope that Tong Tong can grow up healthy and healthy. .
Before the age of 4, Tong Tong, like a normal child, was white and fat. Until the age of 4, misfortune struck the family like a flood.
Tongtong, after 4 years old, is like sitting on a time shuttle. She is aging rapidly, one year after she is just like 10 years for others. I started sunken eye sockets at the age of 5, and began to lose hair at the age of 7. At the age of 13, all functions of the body are gradually deteriorating. Eventually, he may die from respiratory failure.
The family took Tongtong to several hospitals and was finally diagnosed as " Korkai's syndrome ", which is what we commonly call progeria. Because the parents are carriers of the progeria mutation gene. The probability of this disease is one in a million, and Tong Tong's family never dreamed that they would suffer from such a strange disease.
The 14-year-old Tong Tong is as old as an 80-year-old man. He is 1 meter tall and weighs only 4 kilograms. The intelligence is equivalent to that of a 4-year-old child. Several times by the hospital issued a critical illness notice.
Once, in front of the ward, Tong Tong choked up and told his parents that he was going to die and give birth to a younger brother and sister.
Looking at the sensible Tongtong, the parents agreed with tears. Tongtong's mother said that as long as the child wants, she will give it to her.
Because both parents carry the progeria mutated gene, children who are afraid of regeneration will be the same as Tongtong, so the hospital bred 9 blastocysts from Tongtong mother’s eggs for screening.Finally, the only eligible healthy blastocyst was implanted into Tongtong's mother's uterus. In May 2016, Tongtong's younger brother Dazhuang was born smoothly.
The hospital doctors faced the problem of Tongtong’s premature aging, and there was no cure for it, and proposed a new idea: using the placental mesenchymal stem cells into the patient’s body to delay or The purpose of blocking aging.
Unexpectedly, Tong Tong's body has improved significantly after several treatments, and the forehead lines on Tong Tong's forehead disappeared. I can also do some simple exercises, and my mental state is much better than before.
Although there is still a long way to go to cure, it is a medical miracle. I also hope that Tongtong can live every day healthily and happily.
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