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Tribal girl diagnosed with rare premature ageing disease
Tribal girl diagnosed with rare premature ageing disease, K Kavita, 11-year old tribal girl in the district has been diagnosed with rare disease called Progeria and was admitted in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).
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Adilabad: K Kavita, 11-year old tribal girl in the district has been diagnosed with rare disease called Progeria and was admitted in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Because of rare genetic disease, Kavitha looks like a 50-year old woman. Kavita is the second daughter of K Sangeetha and Bheem Rao. Her family hails from Gubdi village in Tamsi mandal.
At present, Kavita is studying 7th class at Kasturba school in Tamsi. Like any other girl, she was normal till the age of 2. However, drastic biological changes were witnessed in her body from the age of 3. Kavita was unaware of the disease even as her friends were teasing her because of her elderly woman look.
Kavita’s parents took her to local doctors but they couldn’t diagnose exact reason for her abnormal changes in her body. However, she fell unconscious in her school about a week ago. Teachers informed her parents to take her to home. Parents expected that she would become normal. But, she had a fever two days ago and became dumb. Worried parents shifted Kavita to RIMS hospital in Adilabad. After performing tests, doctors have diagnosed she was suffering from Progeria disease.
As per medical reports, one in every 8 crore children diagnose with Progeria disease. Disease was first identified by England doctors Jonathan and Gilford in 1886. Even the movie ‘Paa’ in which actor Amitabh Bachchan, acted in lead role was based on Progeria disease. Average life span of a Progeria victim is 8 to 18 years and there would be more possibility of suffering with heart attacks.
