Friday, February 8, 2013

Fish Boy



Song Sheng, of Jinhu, eastern China, is suffering from a rare genetic condition were his body cannot cool itself down.Song Sheng, as known as fish boy by locals, began developing scales only days after his birth caused by his lack of pores. Doctors say because he cannot sweat or lose heat through his skin, it peels away in fish-like scales.

A Chinese baby suffers from the rare and severe condition Lamellar ichthyosis, where the whole body is peeling off like fish skin

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