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| Ashanti Elliott Smith and Mother. |
Ashanti Elliott-Smith, 11, suffers from a rare disease that makes her look 80 and will likely not live past 15, please pray for her.
A fatal genetic disease, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome accelerates the appearance of ageing.
It is commonly referred to simply as Progeria, the Greek word for ‘prematurely old’.
It is caused by a mutation in the gene called LMNA, which produces protein.
Children with Progeria are born looking healthy and start showing signs at 18 months.
Symptoms include stunted growth, hair loss, weight loss, wrinkled skin, stiff joints, and heart disease.
Sufferers commonly die of heart disease at an average age of 13 years old.
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