Friday 5 July 2013

Two-year-old boy leaves doctors baffled with his rare and undiagnosable condition


























Aidan Jackoviak Smith was born prematurely with a growth on his face and at 3-weeks-old he started to suffer regular fits that left him brain damaged
Doctors remain unable to diagnose him but hope to work out what is wrong with him by a process of elimination
They now suspect he suffers with CLOVES Syndrome, a rare condition that causes blood vessel, skin and spinal abnormalities
His parent say the strange illness has strained them emotionally and financially - father, Karl had to give up work to become full-time carer and mother Vikki works part-time
Until Aidan is definitively diagnosed they cannot approach a charity for help and are in £10,000 of debt because of increased living costs.

Parents Vikki and Karl Smith had no idea that there was anything wrong with son Aidan when he was born eight weeks prematurely on Boxing day 2010. But they soon discovered he had been born with a grown and after three weeks he began fitting
Despite suffering with a number of distinct symptoms, medical experts are unable to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with Aidan Jackoviak Smith.His mother, Vikki, 40, says that specialists are now forced to work out what is wrong with him by a process of elimination as test after test comes back negative.
Parents Vikki and Karl Smith had no idea that there was anything wrong with son Aidan when he was born eight weeks prematurely on Boxing day 2010. But they soon discovered he had been born with a grown and after three weeks he began fitting‘At first they thought it was Proteus Syndrome, but after a biopsy six months ago, the results came back negative,’ Vikki told ITV’s This Morning. ‘But now they think it might be CLOVES syndrome.’Proteus Syndrome is a genetic condition that John Merrick, the Elephant Man, suffered from.CLOVES Syndrome is also a genetic condition and causes blood vessel, skin and spinal abnormalities. Aidan was born eight weeks prematurely weighing 4lb 10oz on Boxing day 2010 after an uneventful pregnancy.He was immediately whisked away by nurses at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary because he was premature. Vikki and husband Karl, 35, had no idea that their newborn son was in fact very ill with a rare condition.Aidan had been born with a growth on his face, back and leg and three weeks later he started to experience seizures with alarming regularity. Doctor then broke the news that he had suffered brain damage.
When Daniel, 13, far right) was asked what it was like to have a brother like Aidan, he said: 'It's just the same to have him as a brother. I look past what he looks like. He's my brother'

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