Baby’s skin like ‘fish scales’

A CHINESE baby is suffering an incredibly rare disorder that makes his skin peel off like fish scales.

Baby’s skin like ‘fish scales’

Song Dehui has been seeking help for his son’s severe lamellar ichthyosis, an autosomal recessive disorder that strikes one in 600,000 and lasts for life.

The boy’s skin has no pores, meaning inner heat and sweat cannot be expelled.

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