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When Pratviray was born, the neighbors convinced his mother that she had given birth to a deity. In India, congenital anomalies and severe malformations are often attributed to the action of supernatural causes, honoring sick children as incarnate gods
A young Indian named Pratviray Patil has become a hero in his homeland, but the 11-year-old himself, more than anything else, yearns to become like everyone else.
The child suffers from a rare congenital disease, because of which he was nicknamed the werewolf boy.
Hypertrichosis, or Werewolf's syndrome, as this ailment is called, affects one in a billion babies. Patil was unlucky: his illness manifests itself in an extreme form. The entire body of the young man is covered with dark hair more than 7 cm long, and not a single method of treatment helps him.
Over the past year, he has tried all possible methods - homeopathy, allopathy (this is the principle of treatment with drugs that cause effects opposite to the symptoms of the disease), traditional ancient Indian medicine and laser therapy.
The effect turned out to be zero, and the boy continues to suffer from the ridicule of others. Although, in his opinion, laughter and bullying is not the worst reaction; many people are afraid to look at it.
"I cannot leave the city where everyone knows me," complains Pratviray. "It is not known how strangers will behave when they see me."
It is not easy to understand what this teenager is experiencing: there are about fifty people in the world who suffer from the same syndrome as a young Indian. And none of them has yet been cured, because hypertrichosis is a genetic anomaly that manifests itself in a child even in the womb. For some, hair grows on certain parts of the body, for some, like Patil, it covers the entire surface of the skin.
But the boy believes that modern medicine, which is developing by leaps and bounds, will someday be able to save him from ugliness.
"For now, I can only be glad that I have no problems with my hair - no itching, no rash," the teenager says stoically. "I would really like to remove my hair, but it grows back, even after laser treatment."
When Pratviray was born, the neighbors convinced his mother that she had given birth to a deity. In India, congenital anomalies and severe malformations are often attributed to the action of supernatural causes, honoring sick children as incarnate gods.
For example, a girl with two faces, who was recently born in the Indian province, is recognized as the reincarnation of the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, they bring her gifts and pray. Something like this was the case with the werewolf boy, but many considered his birth a sign of the end of the world.
“People often came to look at my child,” recalls the boy’s mother. “Some called him a god, and some called him a demon, a messenger of death.”
Studying at school is easy for a teenager. “He has a keen mind and a tenacious memory,” boasts Pratviraya's dad.
Other children have long been accustomed to the appearance of their classmate, especially since he deftly plays cricket, in which extra hair is not a hindrance.
There are many ailments that disfigure patients, depriving them of their human appearance, and most of them are most often found in residents of Asian countries.
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