'Boy With World's Biggest Hands' Has Surgery To Reduce Size

 

A little boy who suffers from a bizarre condition which makes his hands oversized has had a life-changing operation to reduce them. Mohammad Kaleem became known as the 'Boy with the World's Biggest Hands' before he underwent dramatic surgery to reduce them.

The eight-year-old was born with a condition which caused his hands and arms to keep on growing until they looked like giant's hands, and weighed a colossal 13kg between them.

The poor boy's parents, who earn less than £15 (GHC 100) a month, could not afford to pay for doctors, but managed to take Kaleem to a local village hospital which was not able to diagnose him.

 

The boy, who was featured on The Boy With the World's Biggest Hands on Channel 5, was bullied, called a 'devil's child' and even refused admission to school.

But now after international publicity about his case, the eight-year-old has finally been helped by medical experts in south India, who diagnosed the condition macrodactyly, or localised giantism.
Kaleem's parents had almost given up on medical help and were living with what had happened to their son as 'God's will'.

Inside story: This x-ray of Mohammad Kaleem's torso, arms and hands, shows the extent that local gigantism has affected the growth of his hands

Source: Mirror UK