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Joe Pagnelli & Sara Odeen-Isbister

Parents scared to cuddle baby son in 'excruciating pain' with 'Freddy Krueger' blisters

The parents of a baby born with blisters "like Freddy Krueger" are afraid to cuddle their son because it could cause him too much pain.

Giorgio Evans-Lobato has a rare incurable condition called junctional epidermolysis bullosa (EB) that causes his ultra sensitive skin to welt and blister when touched.

The three-month-old was diagnosed by Great Ormond Street Hospital specialists two weeks after he was born in June this year.

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