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Lee Bullen & Graeme Murray

Boy, 12, suffers from rare condition leaving him with scaly skin like a snake

A young boy has been left with scaly skin like a snake due to a rare condition.

Namith oif Trivandrum suffers from lamellar ichthyosis which affects just one in 300,000 kids.

The 12-year-old’s skin grows too fast, dries out and then sheds, similar to a snake - it also has a scaly pattern to it as well.

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