As an
addition there is another disorder which can be understood as result of alien abduction
by believers and since we still doesn’t know why this disorder develops there
is score for believers. It is a HTI or Harlequin-type ichthyosis. It is a very destructive skin disease when the
skin contains massive, diamond-shaped scales, and tends to have a reddish
color. In addition, the eyes, ears, penis, and the appendages may be abnormally
contracted, the mouth is round and open, nose usually underdeveloped. It makes
the baby look like a fish, or somebody could suggest as an alien.
In the
past the disease was always fatal and new born babies survived just several
hours maximum two days. Usually their lungs collapsed or they died by a
complete body trauma. Since nowadays it has been studied, some drugs can extend
the patients live however there is still no treatment. The oldest living person
suffering of HTI was born in 1984 and is in relatively good health however life limitations are
still there.
The
disease is caused by mutation of gene ABCA12 located in 2nd chromosome
but the cause of mutation is still unknown. Nowadays the disease can be
identified already during a pregnancy by an ultrasound scanner and rather 3D
ultrasound image. Being identified the diagnosis is still devastating news for
the parents. The decision if the pregnancy termination is a better option is
very hard plus sometimes the disease is discovered when the abortion is not
possible to be done.
The
disease has been known since 1750, and was first described in the diary of a
cleric from Charleston, South Carolina, the Rev. Oliver Hart:
"On
Thursday, April the 5th, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a
child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in 'Chas ‘town. It was surprising
to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry
and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the
scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external
nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be
lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to
behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands
and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back
part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low,
which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I
saw it.
Nowadays
the second oldest HTI patient – a woman born in 1992 gave a birth to a son, who
as of miracle doesn’t have the disease and he is completely healthy.
If you
think that it is totally sick and crazy to make a women with HTI pregnant or
even be married with her, may I remind you that there are still people in the
world who see and recognize the personality of an individual rather than
his/her appearance. Although I agree that HTI patients are really shocking to
look at, especially the infants and the word “monster” or “alien” might fit in
place. But when the shock goes down I guess most people feels compassion and
might ask why somebody is “chosen” to be born this way…
HTI baby
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