June 11, 2010 / Bizarre and odd / 0 comments 

This story is about a young man, Sain Mumtaz, from Pakistan which had shocked the whole world. Sain is a beggar and his life has never been easy. This 18 years old man has the most extraordinary head. To him, when he was a boy, was told that he has the Proteus Syndrome. Proteus syndrome, also known as Wiedemann’s syndrome (named after the German pediatrician Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann), is a congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development, often accompanied by tumors over half the body. Currently there is about 120 people who have some form of this syndrome. Proteus syndrome is a progressive condition wherein children are usually born without any obvious deformities. Tumors and skin and bone growths appear as they age. His appearance on the “My shocking story” on the Discovery Chanel really had influence and a doctor from Sydney, Australia Edwin Kirk offered his help with: x-rays; blood tests; and genetic tests,so he could get a proper, a diagnose for his condition. Living with a condition like this I am sure it is not easy, especially since his head keeps growing and it is every year harder for him to carry that weight. Can this man hope that this magic doctors from Australia will do the wonder? Sain has always believed that his condition is a curse from the God and that there is nothing to be done, but to carry his own weight and hope that he will not have to many days on earth. Can there be a spark of light in his world? This story makes us feel so small and helpless. Many of our problems that we complain about in life are extremely trivial in comparison to what this man has to go through just by being alive. Really makes you think. Definitely this would break most of the people that I know. I am not sure what is next to be heard. The world is going crazy. While there was a natural selection there was not so many conditions or diseases. I don’t want to sound harsh, but are we playing a little bit of God and causing all of this to ourselves?




