A boy with rare disease gets treatment by doctors developing new skin with gene therapy. Most of the body in a distressed to help and save his life.
The boy lost 60 percent of outer skin suffering from blisters on his limbs, back and some parts. Doctors from children’s Hospital at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, tried skin grafts from his father and donor skin, but all failed.
We were forced to do something dramatic because this kid was dying, said Dr. Michele De Luca of the University of Modena in Italy, who got a call for help from the German doctors treating the boy.
The boy had a rare, incurable skin disease called junctional epidermolysis bullosa, caused by genetic mutations. People with the disease lack critical proteins that attach the outer layer of the skin to the inner layer, resulting in fragile skin with almost constant blisters and open sores.
He was in severe pain and asking a lot of questions, the boy’s father said in a video provided by the hospital Why do I suffer from this disease? Why do I have to live this life? All children can run around and play, why am I not allowed to play soccer? I couldn’t answer these questions.
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