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Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

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The werewolf is a legendary creature that is said to change from a human to a wolf on the night of the full moon, and after transformation, it will uncontrollably want to eat raw meat from a live person or animal, and will howl at the moon.

Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

We generally only see werewolves in science fiction film and television dramas, such as "Twilight", "Legend of the Night" and so on. However, today we are going to share the story of a real-life "werewolf", of course, he is not the kind of werewolf in film and television dramas, but suffers from a rare disease.

The 17-year-old Lalit Patidar, from Madhya Pradesh, India, was diagnosed as a child with a very rare disorder called "werewolf syndrome," also known as "hirsutism." As the name suggests, a person with this condition grows too much hair in a certain area of the body or even the whole body.

Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

According to the American Journal of Dermatology of the American Medical Association, the prevalence of "werewolf syndrome" is quite rare, with only 50 cases of hirsutism recorded to date.

Lalit learned about this rare disease at the age of 6, when doctors noticed abnormal hair growth in various parts of his body, and later discovered that his body was different from other children around him. Later, his whole body was covered with thick hair, including his face.

Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

His distinctive appearance made Lalit an outlier, his classmates called him "monkey boy", some classmates thought he would bite them, and many children threw stones at him and shouted "monkey monkey" at him. Even, there are some who claim that he is a ghost or a legendary creature.

Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

According to Lalitt, none of the other members of his family had hirsutism, so the disease caused him not only physical pain, but also mental suffering. Since there is no cure for hirsutism, he can only use methods such as bleaching, cutting, shaving, waxing, lasers, etc. to temporarily suppress hair growth.

Real-life werewolf: A 17-year-old boy in India suffers from a rare disease and is covered in hair

Although Lalit is going through a difficult life situation, he is still looking forward to his life and plans to become a self-media person to support his family. He said he accepts that he is different from others, "I am unique. Slowly, everyone in my family felt that this was normal, and my friends encouraged me. ”

Yes, everyone is unique, no matter what kind of difficulties fate arranges for us, we should face it with strength and optimism, and actively work hard to create our own life!

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