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Deaf boy suffers from blood disorder
  • | dtinews.vn | January 21, 2017 09:00 AM

A six-year-old boy in Hanoi, who is deaf and mute, is struggling with haemophilia, a genetic disorder which leaves blood unable to rapidly clot.

Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Gia Bao's mother, said Bao was deaf since birth and needed a cochlear implant that cost hundreds of millions of VND to be able to hear again. Unable to hear, Bao also can't speak and his reflexes are slow. He may not be aware of dangerous situations and suffer unwanted injuries.

Unfortunately years later, he was diagnosed with haemophilia. He is being treated at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.

  

Nguyen Thi Nguyen and her son Gia Bao

"Hearing news about his illnesses one after another made us unable to think clearly. My husband is a cook and earns about VND4m (USD177) a month. I worked as hired help before but have been staying home to take care of Bao," Nguyen said.

Nguyen said she didn't want to have another child so that they can spend all their love on Bao. "It hurts me every time I saw him trying to tell me something," she said.

  

Bao is deaf since birth

Truong Thi Hang, an employee at the social service office at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion said, "Bao needs lifelong treatment. It's lucky that patients with haemophilia only have joint and muscle bleeding. They will face danger if having cerebral or gastric haemorrhaging. But too much bleeding will lead to deformity or muscle atrophy."

Hang went on to say that Bao aside from treatment at hospital is having speech therapy at VND5m (USD221) a month. The city has called for help so that the boy can continue his treatment.


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