The disease is rare half dead girl's face

The disease is rare half dead girl's face



Christine Honeycutt
Christine Joy Honeycutt emitted every time the visit to the doctor. Behind the joy, the girl who would have thought 11 years was suffering from an extremely rare medical disorders.

Girl from China Grove, North Carolina, is Parry-Romberg syndrome. This rare disease characterized by impaired immune system attacks the body behind the sufferer.

This disease began to be detected during a five-year-old Christine. Beginning with the emergence of signs of gray at the edge of the forehead and neck, and bruises on the neck area. Through several times of medical examination, the doctor said that the sign was not membahayakan.Namun appearance, a great strain to make sense Christine's mother, Vicki Honeycutt, work. The mother of suspect there is a mysterious disease that attacked her daughter. After undergoing an MRI scan, seen shrinking in the face of the left. Pain is gnawing subcutaneous tissue between the bones, muscles and skin.

The skin will lose elasticity and firmness caused by the immune system fight back. This makes the bones can not grow normally. Over time, one side of his face will become smaller, and changed like framework. Body part left will not grow and shrink.


Doctors had told him that there is no cure of this disease. Therefore, Christine had to wait until the disease reaches the top of the damage before surgeons attempt to repair the structure of his face. "I was horrified, and wondered if my child's future will look very scary," he said.

"I can not imagine what would happen to her, how her social later. I think all the bad things will not happen if his face can be maintained," he said as quoted by the Daily Mail.

Maternal instincts make Vicki continue to seek healing for her daughter. He did not give up and still look half her face destroyed. This spirit that mempertemukannya with pioneering surgeon, Dr. John Siebert.

In the hands Siebert, Christine underwent surgery to replace dead tissue and will undergo surgery three times to smooth the jaw. The impact of the disease is ongoing, but Siebert states can control the operation of impact damage.

This rare disease only affects an estimated 700 patients worldwide. Progressive autoimmune disease affecting mostly girls aged between five and 15 years, but can also occur in adults.

From her experience, Vicki Honeycutt hope to help others who have rare conditions and starting a nonprofit organization Christine Champion's for Hope. "This kid is incredible. We want to help other kids."