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.’
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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