By Philip Otuo
A ten-month-old baby has weighed in at a whopping 2st 13lbs - making her one of the heaviest children in the world for her age.
Aliya
Saleem, of Jharkhand, India, was born at a relatively large 9lbs, then
began to rapidly gain weight from the age of four months - and is now as
heavy as an average six-year-old girl.
Her
parents are worried about her health, after another of their
children died aged just one-and-a-half after gaining weight in a similar
fashion.
The
girl's mother Shabana Parveen, 25, said: ‘A few months after her birth,
she starting gaining weight. We had to buy her a new pair of clothes
every two weeks because the old ones become too tight for her.’
The
enormous weight has put Aliya's life in danger, but the family have
lacked the money to obtain good enough medical care for her.
Her father Mohammad Saleem, 28, said: ‘We have tried our best, but we could only afford to take her to the local hospital.
'The
doctors in the village could not tell us clearly what she is suffering
from. We took Aliya to a doctor in Ranchi. After the check up the doctor
suggested that we go to another city, but we couldn't afford that so we
didn't take her.’
However,
Aliya's parents recently managed to get a consultation at Fortis
Hospital on the outskirts of Delhi in a bid to try and get to the bottom
of their daughter's massive weight gain.
Dr
Krishan Chugh, head of paediatrics at Fortis, said: ‘This is the
heaviest baby at ten months of age that I have seen. This could be case
of morbid obesity or even a hormonal imbalance.
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Family: Mohammad Saleem, 28, and Shabana Parveen, 25, with their daughter Aliya in Jharkhand, India
Medical help: Aliya's parents recently
managed to get a consultation at Fortis Hospital on the outskirts of
Delhi with head of paediatrics Dr Krishan Chugh (left) in a bid to try
and get to the bottom of the problem
Relative values: The enormous weight
has put Aliya's life in danger, but the family have lacked the money to
obtain good enough medical care for her. She is pictured above with her
wider family
‘But
we need to conduct some tests on her before making a proper diagnosis.
The treatment depends on the diagnosis that we make.
'There
are some disorders that can be treated. As far as the reversal of this
weight gain is concerned, that would depend on when we find a cause for
it.’
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