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04-18-2009, 07:46 PM
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News, Curious Case Of 26-Year-Old Man With Toddler Body.
Guwahati, India (AHN) - A 26-year-old man trapped in the body of a 2-year-old toddler astonishes pediatricians. Jerly Lyngdoh, whose case is a medical rarity, lives with his parents in Meghalaya in northern India.
Curious Case Of 26-Year-Old Man With Toddler Body | AHN | April 18, 2009 |
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04-19-2009, 10:55 AM
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Imagine 26 years of changing diapers.
I would have sold him to the circus after about three years.
Or, being that he's in India, I would have declared him to be a divine holy man and gotten his followers to care for him.
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04-19-2009, 01:00 PM
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Much different then the average 26 year old who is physically an adult but mentally a toddler. Too bad the photo seems to be gone.
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04-19-2009, 01:17 PM
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04-19-2009, 03:31 PM
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The part of this story I find hard to believe, is that the parents still dress him in baby clothes? If he has the mind of a 26 year old...I think he would have had some input on that.
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04-19-2009, 04:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KAYLINDA
The part of this story I find hard to believe, is that the parents still dress him in baby clothes? If he has the mind of a 26 year old...I think he would have had some input on that.
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04-20-2009, 08:11 AM
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Well, as usual the media hype is just that. It says he has a "toddler's body, with a tiny head"! A normal toddler does not have a "tiny" head. As for his clothing, I am not sure what is on his head, but the rest of his clothes do not look like baby clothes. Since adult clothing are not made for someone so small, I presume it is children's clothing.
If he is mentally an adult, I would think he has a choice as to what he will wear.
I think there is a lot more to the story than what we have heard.
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07-29-2009, 08:33 PM
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The articles indicate that he also has the mental age of a 2 year old ...
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08-04-2009, 08:41 PM
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My son is nearly sixteen (16) and weighs approx 33 lbs. He still wears Huggies size 5 and he can only eat soft foods. The baby cereals are easy for him to swallow. We have to blend most of his meals. His clothing is the toddler size and because he cannot walk we have to lift him. My nieces, nephews, other kids and even adults refer him as "baby "because he looks exactly as a baby. In 1996 he was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy a rare condition and was given two (2) years to live. Doctors said he wouldn't make it past four (4) but for some unknown reason he is still going. If somebody had told me this before I probably would have said impossible. Just want you to know that things happen in life...
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