Staff Reporter :
A four-year old boy was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH)’s Burn Unit yesterday with a rare disease. The boy named Bayezid Hossian from Magura looks like an 80-year old man due to his uncommon disease — progeria.
With swollen face, broken teeth, hollow eyes, aching joints and wrinkled skin, the boy is now under the supervision of Dr. Hedayet Khan. A medical board will also be formed today, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Coordinator of the DMCH burn unit.
The physicians of the Burn Unit said, they are not able to say anything before starting the treatment. The minor boy was released from Magura Sadar Hospital on last Wednesday.
“Bayezid had been born with a awesome appearance. Neighbours fear to come to our residence,” his grand father Hashim Sikder said it to a group of journalists.
Bayezid’s mother Tripti Khatun and father Lablu Sikder said that their son was born on May 14 in 2012 at Shalikha upazila of
Magura with the face resembling that of an 80-year old man.
He cut all his teeth in three months.
The boy’s parents also said, the signs of old age are getting clearer day-by-day. They took their son to many physicians, but there was no sign of improvement.
A kind-hearted person after knowing about Bayezid’s such sad conditions and his parents’ financial crisis, gave them some money for taking him to Dhaka.
Earlier , a five-member medical team of MSH diagnosed the disease as progeria and suggested for sending him to DMCH for better treatment and research by specialists.
Experts said, the word progeria’ comes from the Greek word progeros’, meaning prematurely old. They said, the disease is a rare genetic condition that accelerates ageing during infancy and such a case is one per eight million.
Medical history has shown that there is no known recovery from progeria, and few people around the world could exceed 13 years of age suffering from this disease.
A four-year old boy was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH)’s Burn Unit yesterday with a rare disease. The boy named Bayezid Hossian from Magura looks like an 80-year old man due to his uncommon disease — progeria.
With swollen face, broken teeth, hollow eyes, aching joints and wrinkled skin, the boy is now under the supervision of Dr. Hedayet Khan. A medical board will also be formed today, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Coordinator of the DMCH burn unit.
The physicians of the Burn Unit said, they are not able to say anything before starting the treatment. The minor boy was released from Magura Sadar Hospital on last Wednesday.
“Bayezid had been born with a awesome appearance. Neighbours fear to come to our residence,” his grand father Hashim Sikder said it to a group of journalists.
Bayezid’s mother Tripti Khatun and father Lablu Sikder said that their son was born on May 14 in 2012 at Shalikha upazila of
Magura with the face resembling that of an 80-year old man.
He cut all his teeth in three months.
The boy’s parents also said, the signs of old age are getting clearer day-by-day. They took their son to many physicians, but there was no sign of improvement.
A kind-hearted person after knowing about Bayezid’s such sad conditions and his parents’ financial crisis, gave them some money for taking him to Dhaka.
Earlier , a five-member medical team of MSH diagnosed the disease as progeria and suggested for sending him to DMCH for better treatment and research by specialists.
Experts said, the word progeria’ comes from the Greek word progeros’, meaning prematurely old. They said, the disease is a rare genetic condition that accelerates ageing during infancy and such a case is one per eight million.
Medical history has shown that there is no known recovery from progeria, and few people around the world could exceed 13 years of age suffering from this disease.
