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Steroids have caused 28-year-old American Chagny Aysom rare disease - from the hair follicles on her skin began to grow nails. 28-year-old student Shanin Aysom three years ago suffered an allergic reaction, after which the manifested strange symptoms. Because Shanin it difficult to walk and engage in many daily activities. A woman's body is covered with small horn "needles" anywhere in the skin are the hair follicles. At the head has to wear a wig. Doctors shrug, though hard trying to figure out what was wrong.
Nightmare in the life of Miss Aysom started in the first year of university. In September 2009, after an asthma attack she was prescribed steroids. Several hours later, the student body was itchy and scratched. Then his legs were covered with dark pimples Shanin, like boils, and doctors began to treat her on everything from eczema and ending with a staph infection. Nothing helped, had "chained" to the sick bed and try to get to the truth. In 2011 Aysom went to Baltimore for treatment, where doctors discovered that the "dark pimples" - it is in fact human nails, slowly but surely, the skin covering patsientki.
They also found that the patient was too much skin - 12 times more cells than necessary. Because of this body covers Shanin very bad breath. The patient is very difficult to get up and walk, but she learned to use a cane. Family devastated the treasury, and the mystery of Medicine does not know where to get 250 thousand dollars to pay the hospital bills. The insurance covers only the costs of five drugs of the 17 nominated. Shanin hopes to help the charity fund, and that doctors will be able to sooner or later diagnosis.
Source: paranormal-news.ru/news/u_britanki_vmesto_volos_nachali_rasti_nogti/2012-08-13-5160