Unfortunate fate experienced by a little girl from England. As a result of the disease is rare, 8-year-old woman's body is aging very fast and progressive.
In usinya which is still very young, Elliot-Smith Ashanti body like 80 years old. This occurred because she suffered from a type of disorder, called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGP).
Condition is also commonly called progeria (derived from the Greek 'progeros', which means premature aging), is one type of genetic disorders that are rare in the world, and make the body infected experienced a very rapid aging process.
As reported by The Sun, Ashanti diagnosis suffer from progeria merayakakan just weeks before the first birthday. Although relatively normal cognitive function to the size of his age, Ashanti body only weighs about 12 pounds only.
The National Human Genome Research Institution, said, progeria may lead to children who have abnormalities in growth characteristics such as baldness, wrinkled skin, narrow nose, face and jaw are relatively small compared to the size of the head.
Children who suffered from progeria also often have a disease that usually appear in elderly people such as muscle aches, sprained pelvis, and the development of heart disease that continues to deteriorate.
Because of the pain and stiffness in his muscles, Ashanti often experience difficulty in walking with a considerable distance. Now, he must rely on an electronic wheelchair that helped him to move.
The New York Post previously reported that Ashanti dalah one of about 50 people in the world who suffered from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome.
According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, the life expectancy of a child with progeria is very bad, in which most of them died at about 13, and the bias caused by a heart attack and stroke. Until now, experts have yet to find a way to treat progeria, and have not found a medicine or therapy that proved effective against the disease is progressive aging.
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