A MAN covered head-to-toe in tumours has issued a plea for help after his daughter started showing signs of the same rare disease.
Speaking out on his horror condition, Sudjaj, 69, told how he avoids leaving his house because the way he looks scares other people.
The Thai pensioner started developing the bumps and swelling over his entire body when he was just 10 years old.
Cruelly nicknamed “Grape Man”, he is resigned to life with his rare condition but is distraught his daughter is beginning to show signs of the same disease.
Sudjai’s daughter, 36, has started to see the same painful tumours sprout on her body.
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He has issued an appeal for help in getting her treatment in a desperate bid to stop her condition deteriorating to the same extent as his.
The pensioner said his family never had enough money to pay for treatment when it was early enough for it to have made a difference.
Doctors diagnosed Sudjaj with neurofibromatosis, which causes tumours to grow in the nervous system, when he was just 10 years old.
Speaking on the case, his doctor Jhinda said: “Sometimes these are not so serious and patients can live pretty normal lives.
“However, in this case the tumours are beginning to close his eyes and, anyway, they prevent normal sleep patterns as they are so uncomfortable.”
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