Dylan Lombard, 18, suffers from one of the rare diseases in which only 12 patients from around the world have been diagnosed so far. He has not been gaining weight for a long time and thus he is rapidly moving towards weakness.
In this disease, caused by a defect in just one gene, the bones can become attached to each other, develop type 2 diabetes and do not gain weight because only fat cells have stopped forming.
Her mother lost weight rapidly and was referred to several doctors, but it took ten years for the true cause of the disease to be revealed. The disease can affect 600 million people worldwide, a rare condition. Fatty tissues and tissues do not accumulate under the skin. Then the head, jaw, ears, nose and shrink. Hearing is affected and the skin loses elasticity.
This complex and painful disease is caused by a defect in the POLD-1 gene, which also causes damage to the DNA replicating enzyme. This leaves the jaw smaller, loses skin elasticity and makes life difficult without fat because the bones of the feet become entangled and so does the hands.
Body fat also acts as an internal cushion in our body and increases the risk of bone loss in such patients.
