In 12-year-old girl named Ontlametse Falaste there are only a couple
of years of life. “I call myself the first lady, because I was the first
black child with the disease. Do you know more of a dark-skinned child
with such a disease? “- Said the girl. Ontlametse, the only black child
with a diagnosis of the syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford, a rare and fatal disease, accelerating the aging process. In the entire history of mankind only two black children suffer from this disease, they both died, one in the U.S. and one in the Netherlands.
Experts believe that at the same time in the world from 200 to 250 children suffering from this disease.
Children with the disease die from heart failure at the age of 8 to 21
years, suffering from high blood pressure, stroke, angina and heart failure.
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