Watch Charmaine’s transformation as doctors remove thousands of ‘bubble tumours’ that engulfed her body
A HEARTWARMING video shows the astounding transformation of a woman whose body was engulfed in thousands of bubble-like tumours that made it hard for her to walk, eat and even breathe.Charmaine's condition became apparent in her teenage years, but even then she only had "a couple" tumours on her faceShe inherited the condition from her mum, who had the same faulty gene, and began exhibiting symptoms when she was just 13 years old.
She said: "This condition is very hard because people just like to stare and then have all kinds of negative things to say."NEUROFIBROMATOSIS type 1 is a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow along your nerves.It's a condition that's inherited through genes - if your parent has a mutation to their NF1 gene, you have a 50 per cent chance of developing it.
"All I'm asking for is just a little relief. I want my face to clear up so I will see and breathe properly and I will not have a problem with my mouth," she told"I have personally never seen a patient clinically, and I have never seen one in a textbook, have it quite as bad as Charmaine. She appears to me to be a one-of-a-kind."
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