A 14-year-old boy has been left with
the body of a 110-year-old in India because he has a rare disease which
makes him age eight times faster than normal.
Ali Hussain has seen five of his siblings die from the same condition called Progeria which is known to affect just 80 people worldwide.Two of his brothers and three of his sisters have died from the disease in Bihar, the poorest state in India.
Progeria causes rapid ageing and sufferers of the genetic disease are prone to arthritis, eye problems, heart disease and baldness.Sufferers are not expected to live much beyond the age of 14 - but despite the grim prognosis Ali has refused to give up hope.‘I very much want to live and I hope there is medicine for my condition out there. I’m not scared of death but my parents have suffered a lot,' he said.
'I’d love to live much longer for them. I don’t want to burden them with any more pain.’Ali’s parents Nabi Hussain Khan, 50, and Razia, 46, are first cousins and were the product of an arranged marriage 32 years ago.Their children Rehana, Iqramul, Gudiya and Rubina have all died from Progeria between the ages of 12 and 24.A fifth child, a boy who died within 24 hours of being born, is also thought to have had the rare condition.
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Ali Hussain has seen five of his siblings die from the same condition called Progeria which is known to affect just 80 people worldwide.Two of his brothers and three of his sisters have died from the disease in Bihar, the poorest state in India.
Progeria causes rapid ageing and sufferers of the genetic disease are prone to arthritis, eye problems, heart disease and baldness.Sufferers are not expected to live much beyond the age of 14 - but despite the grim prognosis Ali has refused to give up hope.‘I very much want to live and I hope there is medicine for my condition out there. I’m not scared of death but my parents have suffered a lot,' he said.
'I’d love to live much longer for them. I don’t want to burden them with any more pain.’Ali’s parents Nabi Hussain Khan, 50, and Razia, 46, are first cousins and were the product of an arranged marriage 32 years ago.Their children Rehana, Iqramul, Gudiya and Rubina have all died from Progeria between the ages of 12 and 24.A fifth child, a boy who died within 24 hours of being born, is also thought to have had the rare condition.
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| Family victims:Nabi Hussain,50(left)Razia wife 46(right) and their children |
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