Due to a rare disease, the skin of a 12-year-old boy from the American state of Colorado has become hard as stone. It is reported by Yahoo7 News. Congenital fascial dystrophy, which suffers from 12-year-old Jaiden Rogers, was discovered in the late 1970s. Since then, the disease has affected only 41 people. It quickly spreads throughout the body, making the skin thicker and harder. As a result, the patient loses the ability to move and may die.
Five years ago, the adoptive father noticed a small bump on the boy's right thigh. In a matter of weeks, the tumor covered the entire thigh and reached the inner bend of the knee. Then it spread to the left leg, buttocks and arms. Due to the accumulation of calcium salts, the child's joints began to lose mobility. Doctors are trying to slow the spread of the disease with chemotherapy. In addition, the teenager has to take strong pain relievers, because of which he sleeps up to 18 hours a day. He is forced to use a wheelchair and can no longer attend school.
The adoptive parents spent 500 thousand dollars on the treatment of the child - everything that they managed to save for old age. They are now trying to raise $ 1.5 million from the Gofundme crowdfunding service to send Jaden to a European clinic for a year of stem cell therapy. In 2017, it was reported that after a trip to Indonesia, a 37-year-old animal protector from the UK was diagnosed with diffuse systemic scleroderma, which hardens the skin and connective tissues. Experts believe that the development of the disease was provoked by a mosquito bite.