4 YEARS AGO, THIS CHILD WAS BORN COVERED IN DARK, BLOODY SPOTS (PHOTOS)

4 YEARS AGO, THIS CHILD WAS BORN COVERED IN DARK, BLOODY SPOTS (PHOTOS)

When Dylan Little was born four years ago, his mother Kara and the medical staff were bewildered, Dylan's entire back was covered with a massive dark mark. His legs and arms were also covered with sizeable birthmarks.

The neonatal ICU quickly discovered that Dylan had been born with a rare skin disorder called congenital melanocytic nevus.

"When Dylan was born, over 80% of his body was covered in birthmarks, his back was completely black and bloody; his face, his arms and legs all covered in moles," said his mother Kara.

Dylan's parents Kara and Nikki looked deeper into the condition and feared that his marks could one day develop into a deadly skin cancer. But the affected skin surface area was far too large to simply remove the spots.

Then a ray of hope came from an unexpected direction. Implants like the ones used for breast enlargement were inserted beneath Dylan's healthy skin. The implants were then slowly expanded with a saline solution over the course of three months in order to stretch his skin.

This was an important preparatory step before continuing with his treatment.

Eventually, the implants were taken out, his largest birthmark was removed, and the excess skin was used to fill in the gap.

HIV CURE CLOSE AFTER EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT MAKES VIRUS "UNDETECTABLE" IN U.K. PATIENT

 HIV CURE CLOSE AFTER EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT MAKES VIRUS "UNDETECTABLE" IN U.K. PATIENT

 

British scientists have reportedly removed the HIV infection from a 44-year-old man with a potentially groundbreaking new cure treatment.

The Sunday Times reports "it is the first therapy created to track down and destroy HIV in every part of the body — including in the dormant cells that evade current treatments."

Computer artwork of HIV particles in the bloodstream. (Photo: Getty)

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The patient, the first of 50 to undergo the trial, told the Times the results of his last blood test a couple weeks ago showed "no detectable virus." However, he cautioned this could be due to the anti-retroviral therapies he is also taking.

It will take a few more months before doctors can confirm whether or not the treatment has permanently eliminated the disease in his body.

"I took part in the trial to help others as well as myself. It would be a massive achievement if, after all these years, something is found to cure people of this disease. The fact that I was a part of that would be incredible," he told the newspaper.

'Kick and kill'

The difference in this unconventional new treatment is that in addition to taking traditional anti-retroviral drugs to suppress HIV, the patient takes another to wake up the dormant virus. Those dormant cells are why the disease has proven so difficult to cure despite decades of study.

Two vaccines follow to teach the immune system to recognize the reactivated HIV-infected cells and kill them. Scientists have dubbed their theory "kick and kill."

If the drug combination is taken on an ongoing basis, it could prevent transmission as well as the development of AIDS.

"It would be a massive achievement if, after all these years, something is found to cure people of this disease.''

This new treatment was developed by a collaboration of university scientists and doctors from Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King’s College London.

The UK Telegraph explains the new treatment is a two-stage approach. "Firstly, a vaccine helps the body recognize the HIV-infected cells so it can clear them out. Secondly, a new drug called Vorinostat activates the dormant T-cells so they can be spotted by the immune system."

The Terrence Higgins Trust, a HIV-focused UK charity, sent a statement to Wired.co.uk saying while there remains no cure for HIV, they welcome the "ambitious" study focused on eradicating the virus.

Science takes a long time, of course. The remaining participants will all need to respond to the treatment and then it will take five years to study each patient to ensure the immunodeficiency virus has been eliminated.

As Imperial College London professor Sarah Fidler said, "It has worked in the laboratory and there is good evidence it will work in humans too but we must stress we are still a long way from any actual therapy."

23 YEAR OLD MAN'S KIDNEYS DISAPPEAR AFTER SURGERY IN ADAMAWA

23 YEAR OLD MAN'S KIDNEYS DISAPPEAR AFTER SURGERY IN ADAMAWA

It was like a mirage, when one Isa Hamma of ChaffaJaule village in Fufore local government area of Adamawa State presented himself at the Jimeta Clinic and Maternity for an ailment. After diagnoses, he was issued with drugs and discharged and asked to come back after three days for follow up.

According to the elder brother of the victim, MallamUmaru Isa Yahya, he said that when they came back for the follow up on the appointed date, the doctor handling the case at the clinic, Doctor Yakubu Hassan, after clinical observation, told them that the ailment required surgical operation and it would cost N50,000,00.

Umaru said they went and mobilised the money and the surgery was carried out, however the victim could not urinate resulting to swelling of his body.

“On seeing the condition of the patient, he, (the doctor) referred us to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe on the account that the case was beyond his limit” he said

Yahya added that at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, the medical personnel said “kidneys of the victim were removed after he underwent surgical nephrectomy at the Jimeta Clinic and can only survive if another kidney is planted in him or he begins to live on hemodialysis,” and referred them to Federal Medical Centre, Yola on account of its proximity.

He stated that they now spend not less than N40, 000, 00 on a weekly basis for the dialysis at the Federal Medical Centre ,Yola and solicited for assistance from well spirited individuals to enable the patient continue surviving on dialysis.

Contacted on the issue, the doctor, who handled the case at the Jimeta Clinic, Doctor Yakubu Hassan, confirmed that the said patient was operated because of an ailment that has nothing to do with kidneys.

He said based on the nature of the case, he referred them to a consultant at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.

SAD PHOTOS OF A MALNOURISHED CHILD

SAD PHOTOS OF A MALNOURISHED CHILD

The person who shared it on Facebook claims this is a Nigerian family...

RED CROSS APOLOGIZE AFTER ''RACIST'' SWIMMING POOL POSTER ''PORTRAYING BLACK CHILDREN AS NOT COOL'' SPARKS TWITTER OUTRAGE

RED CROSS APOLOGIZE AFTER ''RACIST'' SWIMMING POOL POSTER ''PORTRAYING BLACK CHILDREN AS NOT COOL'' SPARKS TWITTER OUTRAGE  

 

The American Red Cross has apologized after a poster depicting pool safety rules was circulated on Twitter and slammed by users for being "super racist."

The poster, which shows a crowd of cartoon children committing an array of poolside do's and dont's, was spotted at the Salida Pool and Recreation Department in Salida, Colorado by a twitter user who uploaded the picture causing a lot of backlash. As you can see, it's only the black kids that are doing things that aren't cool in the pool ...

In a statement , the American Red Cross said: "The American Red Cross appreciates and is sensitive to the concerns raised regarding one of the water safety posters we produced.

"We deeply apologize for any misunderstanding, as it was absolutely not our intent to offend anyone.

"As one of the nation’s oldest and largest humanitarian organizations, we are committed to diversity and inclusion in all that we do, every day.

"To this end, we have removed the poster from our website and Swim App and have discontinued production.

"We have notified all of our partner aquatic facilities requesting they take down the poster."

"Our organization has emphasized to our partners and on social media that it was absolutely not our intent to offend anyone and apologized for this inadvertent action."

NIGERIAN DOCTORS REMOVED FIBROID WEIGHING 26KG FROM A WOMAN

NIGERIAN DOCTORS REMOVED FIBROID WEIGHING 26KG FROM A WOMAN

According to a post shared on Facebook by Abraham OC Ogolo, doctors at a Nigerian hospital removed a giant fibroid weighing 26kg from a woman's stomach. His post below:

"Doctors from Safe Hands Medicare Center Nigeria have removed this. According to the hospitals social media report, confirmatory results shows that the mass weighed 26kg in Histopathology lab and was a 32cm degenerating fibroid. This makes it the Largest ever mass to be removed from an individual in any part of the world.

Update: this surgery took place in 2014 in Nigeria...but still news to many..so continue reading...
the surgery was done without blood transfusion Access to good healthcare can make a difference. This is the reason I campaign vigorously for universal access to good quality healthcare. It is a common belief in Africa that a woman with a large mass such as this one may have been cursed by someone in her present or in her past life. Some unqualified personnel may even attempt to make incisions (cuts) with unsterilised blades or knives all over her abdomen. She may be given different substances to drink and eat in order to deflate the tummy. Wrong diagnosis can be done in the absence of diagnostic equipments. This is the reason many still die in developing countries"