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BANGLADESH – Bayezid
Hossain, 4 years old has been born with an incredibly rare condition that has
left him looking like an 80-year-old man .
The little
boy's condition means he suffers from a swollen face, sagging skin, aching
joints and hollow eyes - which he may never find a cure for.
Bayezid, from
outside Magura in southern Bangladesh, also has difficulties passing urine and
already has weak and broken teeth.
Children in his
village, where he is affectionately referred to as 'old man,' were afraid to
play with him at first - even though his father says he is much smarter than
others the same age.
His devastated parents
have been told Bayezid is unlikely to live past the age of 15 due to rare
condition Progeria and Cutis Laxa.
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His 18-year-old
mother, Tripti Khatun, who was only aged 14 when she gave birth to him, is
amazed at her son’s mental abilities but is devastated when she looks at him -
even saying he "looked like an alien" when he was born.
She said:
"Bayezid only learned to walk aged three
but he had a full set of teeth at three months old.
"His physical
growth is completely abnormal but mentally, he has wonderful conversation, very
aware and is very intuitive for his age.
"He does not look
like other children. He looks like an old man. As a first time mother I can’t
bear the pain of seeing my child like this."
When Bayezid
was born at a government maternity hospital, in 2012, Tripti and her husband
Lovelu Hossain, 22, were devastated but doctors had no idea how to treat him.
Tripti said:
‘I was terrified to see
him when he was born. He was just flesh and bones. He looked like an alien and
it was heartbreaking for me.
Doctors had no idea what
to do, they said they had never seen such a baby. They warned us that there was
nothing they could do.’
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