Zeng Yushan looks like a young girl despite the fact she is 19 years old
Chinese girl When little Zeng Yushan turned seven, she stopped growing and was diagnosed with a tumour on her pituitary gland. The pituitary gland releases hormones growth and puberty hormones, a deficiency of which causes problems with growth and body development.
Zeng’s parents, who couldn’t afford to pay for treatment, divorced and the girl stayed with her seriously ill father. The pair were begging on the streets until the man died, leaving the girl alone. After awhile she was spotted begging by a warm-hearted couple who agreed to adopt the poor child.
A Chinese girl who stopped growing at the age of seven
was used as a child beggar by her parents
At the moment of her Guo Liu and his wife met Zeng she had suffered horrific physical problems because of her medical condition. She is now getting regular medical care and although she is 20, still looks as if she is seven or eight-years-old and has the mental ability of a child aged around five or six.
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Speaking about Zeng’s future her new father said, “We plan to take her to a doctor in the capital Beijing who might be able to help her. For the moment she is okay with us, but we want to try and get into a position where she might be able to do something for herself when we are no longer able to look after her.”
The girl’s biggest wish is to be able to go to school, even though no
schools at the moment wants to take her because of her real age rather than her
apparent age
Pituitary tumours in childhood are very uncommon – one in 1,000 adults has one and they are less common in children. In Western countries artificial growth hormones that can be injected once a day are used for treatment.
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