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31 sie 2015 · Lizzie Velasquez was born in Austin, Texas, with neonatal progeroid syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects her heart, eyes and bones, and prevents her from gaining weight.
Born in Austin, Texas, Lizzie Velasquez was diagnosed with a rare condition, neonatal progeroid syndrome, which prevented her from gaining weight and affected her eyes, bones, and heart. Lizzie didn’t realize she was different in any way from anyone else since her parents never treated her any differently.
14 mar 2015 · She is totally blind in her right eye and visually impaired in the other, and was in and out of hospital growing up with a number of health problems - eye surgery, ear surgery, complete foot ...
Her condition bears similarities to many other conditions, especially progeria. Medical researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center previously speculated that it may be a form of neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) ( Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome ), which does not affect Velásquez's healthy bones, organs, or teeth.
8 lis 2013 · But now, scientists who have been studying Lizzie for more than ten years believe they are closing in on the gene that causes her condition, which may one day lead to treatments and a cure.
28 wrz 2015 · Velasquez's condition, named Velasquez's syndrome because of it rarity, has made her body rail thin. She weighs less than 65 pounds, her skin sags and she's blind in one eye.
1 paź 2015 · Nearly two years ago, during a TEDxWomen talk in Austin, Texas, Lizzie Velasquez told a room full of strangers all the things she wanted to accomplish in her lifetime: become a motivational ...
