Woman whose face is 'melting off' her head speaks out about living with the condition
An Indian woman whose face is 'melting' has revealed what life is like living with the condition.
Sharanjeet Kaur was just 15 years old when a tumor started to develop on her face but was unable to garner the funds to pay for the expensive treatment.
The 38-year-old lives with her husband in Phagwara, a city in the Punjab region of northern India - roughly 85 miles from the Lahore, the capital city of Pakistan, which to put that into comparison is around the same distance between Philadelphia and New York City.
While treatment to 'fix' her condition is available, Kaur and her husband are still in no position to splash out on it - despite it now leaving her physically blind.
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“I had a tumor on my face at 15 years old due to which one of my eyes was completely damaged,” she shared.
“I cannot see even from my other eye. I have had to face many problems because of that.
“Despite not having eyes, I do all the household work very well.”
Kaur went on to explain how her husband is also blind but his disability hasn't prevented him from getting a job.
She continued: “My husband is also blind but he also does all the work well.
“My family and my husband are very poor and they cannot afford my expensive treatment.
“The doctors say that the treatment of me and my husband will cost a lot but we do not have any means of earning, so we cannot get the treatment done.”
Tragically, the tumor that has been growing and has left Kaur's entire face disfigured and appearing as if it were 'melting off'.
Elsewhere in India, a woman became the first female on the planet to don a man's hands - and noticed some shocking changes since the transplant.
Eight years ago, 18-year-old Shreya Siddanagowder lost both her arms below the elbow after she was involved in a horrific accident while riding the bus.
However, instead of dwelling in self-pity - which would be completely understandable - it has become 'the making' of her.
After trying prosthetic hands, Siddanagowder explained that it 'didn't work for her', and so in 2017, she underwent a 13-hour transplant operation performed by a whopping 16 anesthesiologists and 20 surgeons.
The donor of her hands was a 21-year-old who was tragically killed following a collision on his bike.
Speaking about her hands in a 2019 Facebook video from the MOHAN Foundation, an Indian organ donation and transplantation charity, Siddanagowder urged viewers to appreciate their hands because they are 'one of the greatest assets you can ever have'.
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