A devastated family are begging for help after they are struggling
to afford care for their three-year-old daughter born with a severely deformed head and webbed fingers .
The little girl, from theThai province of Sakhon Sawanhas was born with the condition Frontoethmoidal Encephalocele.
It is an incurable and hereditary disease which is caused when an opening in the brain does not close during early development.
The sad and tragic symptoms include an unformed skull with few brain cells resulting in a misshapen face.
Encephaloceles occur rarely, at a rate of one per 5,000 live births
worldwide and are more common on the front of the head in south east
Asia, Africa, Malaysia and Russia.
Although she has an extra nostril, Imm has to breathe through her mouth and feeding must be done via tube into her stomach.
One treatment for Encephaloceles is surgery, which is usually
performed in infancy, although it is unlikely Imm's family will be able
to raise the money for treatment alone.
Now, the girl's cause has
been taken up by the Thai social media group known as ‘Angel Salon’ in
an attempt to solicit donations in order to buy powder milk, medical
dressings as baby Imm's family is very poor and the government health
service has limited funds.
