By Yusuf Boluwatife
A 20-year-old Eastern Cape mother from Libode has given birth to a baby girl with an extremely rare condition known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.
According to experts, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome impacts roughly one in 20 million children born and people with the condition face accelerated ageing.
Initial signs of the condition were picked up by local midwives who noticed that the little girl was born with not only deformations in her hands but also wrinkles on her skin.
Progeria makes a baby age rapidly and ageing can be vividly noticed on the baby. This is a very rare condition and causes discomfort to parents, even as there is a cure already.
