We all remember that movie starring Brad Pitt and telling the story of Benjamin Button, a man who is born with the body of a person 90 years and that over time will rejuvenate.
Today we'll show a similar case today in a small only four years.
He lives in Bangladesh and suffers from a strange disease. They estimate that it could only live to 13 years.
Bayezid Hossain is a four year old boy who lives Bangladesh and has the appearance of an elderly person. Doctors are investigating whether it is progeria, a genetic disease of childhood that aging presents abrupt.
His mother 18 years and who was only 14 when she gave birth to little noted, "when he was born, he was flesh and blood. It seemed an alien, and doctors said they had never seen anything like it. We were told there was nothing they could do. That broke my heart (...) he understands his condition, but does not like to talk about it. Only cries when he feels strange. "
The child suffers from swelling of the face, excess skin, joint pain, hollow eyes, trouble urinating and a very weak teeth. His case was analyzed by dozens of healers, nurses and doctors, who say they suffer from progeria, which means your body ages eight times more than normal.
This disorder is believed to have inspired Scott Fitzgerald's novel which was later made into a film like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. According to medical studies, people suffering from this strange disease usually die within 13 years of heart attacks or strokes.
Meanwhile, the boy's father said that "his mother crying inconsolably all the time. Four years have passed and nothing changed. It's too painful to see our first child go through this disease that we can not treat. "
While most doctors predict a bleak picture, there are other specialists who believe they can improve their quality of life with a series of surgeries. The problem is that they have a high cost that the family does not provide power to cover it.