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Mysterious illness strikes children of Swat
By Shehzad Khan
Published: January 8, 2017
SWAT:
A mystery illness is stalking the lives of five young members of a family whose unsuccessful battle against the ailment has already dried up its meagre resources. Two younger members of the Swat-based family have already succumbed to the illness ? described as a fatal skin disease whose symptoms are not too different from chicken pox.
Sharing their ordeal, the patriarch of the family Abdul Malik said: ?The fatal disease has made the life of our children miserable as it causes severe pain coupled with extreme rash.?
?Shahid, Hussain, Huma, Sana and Summaya are suffering from a chicken pox- like condition. Their faces are now covered with prickles filled with pus. The illness made its first appearance when the children were eight months old,? he said. He said the disease has so far claimed the life of one of his sons and a nephew.
According to Malik, the disease is contagious but tends to affect children only. Adults in the family are more or less safe. ?The disease has only affected children in our family ?there is not a single child suffering from this disease in the entire village,? he said. A labourer by profession, Malik finds it difficult to provide better treatment to his children. ?In order to make ends meet, I work on construction sites on daily wages but unfortunately my income is not enough to arrange for proper medication for the ailing children,? he said...
Mysterious illness strikes children of Swat
By Shehzad Khan
Published: January 8, 2017
SWAT:
A mystery illness is stalking the lives of five young members of a family whose unsuccessful battle against the ailment has already dried up its meagre resources. Two younger members of the Swat-based family have already succumbed to the illness ? described as a fatal skin disease whose symptoms are not too different from chicken pox.
Sharing their ordeal, the patriarch of the family Abdul Malik said: ?The fatal disease has made the life of our children miserable as it causes severe pain coupled with extreme rash.?
?Shahid, Hussain, Huma, Sana and Summaya are suffering from a chicken pox- like condition. Their faces are now covered with prickles filled with pus. The illness made its first appearance when the children were eight months old,? he said. He said the disease has so far claimed the life of one of his sons and a nephew.
According to Malik, the disease is contagious but tends to affect children only. Adults in the family are more or less safe. ?The disease has only affected children in our family ?there is not a single child suffering from this disease in the entire village,? he said. A labourer by profession, Malik finds it difficult to provide better treatment to his children. ?In order to make ends meet, I work on construction sites on daily wages but unfortunately my income is not enough to arrange for proper medication for the ailing children,? he said...