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Mr.Buttocks · **Family tormented by ageing disease -** 02-22-2005, 09:24 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4286347.stm

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Only seven years old, Ali Hussein's hair is already thinning.

This is the most visible of many symptoms showing - despite being a boy - he is actually middle-aged.

He suffers from progeria - an extremely rare condition causing his body to fast-forward through the ageing process.

Like his sister and brother who also have the disease - Rhena, 19, and Ikramul, 17 - he has almost no chance of living beyond his early twenties.

The illness has stunted the development of the children. It causes other problems, such as a second row of teeth in their mouths and pale, almost translucent, skin.

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Mr.Buttocks is Offline Major General Posts: 12,924 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Continent of Africa	Family tormented by ageing disease - 02-22-2005, 09:24 AM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4286347.stm [quote="BBC News":00d27] Only seven years old, Ali Hussein's hair is already thinning. This is the most visible of many symptoms showing - despite being a boy - he is actually middle-aged. He suffers from progeria - an extremely rare condition causing his body to fast-forward through the ageing process. Like his sister and brother who also have the disease - Rhena, 19, and Ikramul, 17 - he has almost no chance of living beyond his early twenties. The illness has stunted the development of the children. It causes other problems, such as a second row of teeth in their mouths and pale, almost translucent, skin. [/quote:00d27] oOo: