Tragic
four-year-old Bayezid Hossain has been born with an incredibly rare condition
that has left him looking like an 80-year-old man.
Bayezid, from
outside Magura in southern Bangladesh, also has difficulties passing urine and
already has weak and broken teeth.
Children in
his village, where he is affectionately referred to as 'old man,' were afraid
to play with him at first - even though his father says he is much smarter than
others the same age.
His devastated
parents have been told Bayezid is unlikely to live past the age of 15 due to
rare condition Progeria and Cutis Laxa.
His
18-year-old mother, Tripti Khatun, who was only aged 14 when she gave birth to
him, is amazed at her son’s mental abilities but is devastated when she looks
at him - even saying he "looked like an alien" when he was born.
She said:
"Bayezid only learned to walk aged three but he had a full set of teeth at
three months old.His physical growth is completely abnormal but mentally, he
has wonderful conversation, very aware and is very intuitive for his age.
"He does
not look like other children. He looks like an old man. As a first time mother
I can’t bear the pain of seeing my child like this."
‘I was
terrified to see him when he was born. He was just flesh and bones. He looked
like an alien and it was heartbreaking for me.
Doctors had no
idea what to do, they said they had never seen such a baby. They warned us that
there was nothing they could do.’
After they
returned home news of little Bayezid quickly spread around the village with
neighbours lining up outside their home to take a look at Bayezid. But there
was little support.
Tripti married
Lovelu, who works as a daily wage labourer and earns Rs 5,000 (£50) a month,
when she was just 13-years-old.
They are first
cousins, which is normal practice in rural parts of Bangladesh and southern
Asia
Lovelu said he
has already spent approximately Rs 4 Lakh (£4,000) since Bayezid was born on
seeing different doctors and healers but nothing has changed for the little
boy.
He added:
‘We’ve been to hospitals, shrines, fakirs, shamans— whoever suggested whatever.
Yet his
situation remains the same and he’s probably getting even worse day by day.
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