Hayley Okines is a young girl with the very rare ageing condition known as Progeria. She ages at 8 or 10 times the normal rate.
The documentary “The Child who is older than her Grandmother” follows on from the earlier “The Child who is older than her Mother”.
Harlequin Ichthyosis is a very rare, incurable, genetic skin condition. Uncontrollable skin growth can cause blindness and renal failure.
Lucy and Hannah Betts, Lara and Dana Bowen all suffer from this horrific genetic abnormality’
Abandoned by her alcoholic parents, Oxana Malaya grew up with the family dogs. Feral Children grow wild from neglect.
A concerned neighbour finally reported Oxana’s case to the authorities when the girl was eight. By then the effects of her time with the dogs had created serious consequences for Oxana’s development.
Danielle Griffin stands at just two foot eleven inches; the size of a typical two year old. She has a rare form of dwarfism: Psuedoachondroplasia.
Danielle’s diagnosis was a shock to her parents as there was no genetic history of short stature in either family.
Didier Montalvo is bullied at school. He has a huge CMN mole on his back which has earned him the name Turtle Boy. It is not a joke; it is life-threatening.
A CMN or Congenital Melanocytic Nevus is a very rare and life-threatening condition. Didier from northern Colombia faces extensive surgery to remove the growth.
Didier Montalvo needs an operation to remove a CMN - Congenital Melanocytic Nevus which covers his entire back.
The doctors can’t give Luz, Didier’s mother, any false hope, this operation is uncharted territory.
While medical knowledge has advanced hugely since the 1930s when Cystic Fibrosis was first described, CF is still a serious life-limiting condition.
Hannah Whitten and Kayley Keir are two ten year old girls who need transplant surgery to alleviate their Cystic Fibrosis.
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