The child is forced to live in the dark

child suffering from extremely rare form of cancer that occurs only one in a million newborns do not have the immune system and is forced to live in the dark. In a two-year Leighton Brownrigg was diagnosed sensitivity - abnormal skin reaction to light and ultraviolet light. Illness means that he can not go out, and his body is constantly hiding clothes. In addition, parents cover the body of the son of sunblock even when he is in the house.

A child suffering from extremely rare form of cancer that occurs only one in a million newborns do not have the immune system and is forced to live in the dark.

In a two-year Leighton Brownrigg was diagnosed sensitivity - abnormal skin reaction to light and ultraviolet light. Illness means that he can not go out, and his body is constantly hiding clothes. In addition, parents cover the body of the son of sunblock even when he is in the house.

Toddler recovering from juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia - a very rare forms of leukemia, which affects only one child in a million children around the world. After Leighton was transplanted bone marrow, the boy was left without an immune system, the lack of which, according to doctors, was the reason for its sensitivity.

"It is completely forbidden to go out. He can only travel in the early morning or at night, but only in a car with tinted windows and air conditioning. The curtains in the house permanently closed, "- said in an interview with Mail Online22-year-old Zoe, the boy's mother.

Zoe's son bathe twice a day, six times a day, causing his body sunscreen to prevent the occurrence of burns. However, despite all the efforts, the symptoms of the baby saved, and he regularly suffers from painful itchy rash and sores all over his body.

Currently, the boy is being treated for leukemia at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, where the daily tests. In addition, every two weeks for two days he spent in the hospital Rotherham, where the treatment with ultraviolet light, called extracorporeal photopheresis.

The diagnosis of myelomonocytic leukemia Leighton was delivered in February last year, and after six months of waiting, in July 2012, he was transplanted bone marrow. The mother brought the child to the hospital after his body rash, characteristic of meningitis. After transplantation Leighton appeared dependent on steroids because of the rejection of the donor tissue. Also after the operation had swelled to 15 cm spleen and liver, which is three times the normal size. Because of this, the baby can not easily roll over.

Dr. Mark Velangi, consultant oncologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital, said: "myelomonocytic leukemia - is extremely difficult to treat form of cancer. It is often resistant to chemotherapy, so the best treatment is by far the bone marrow transplantation. Leighton was transplanted bone marrow. In general, the surgery went well, and his leukemia is in remission. "

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