The victim "syndrome ragdoll" has become a successful model

Young model suffers from incurable "syndrome ragdoll", which makes her muscles weak and lifeless from time to time. However, the disease did not prevent her to make a successful a career in the fashion world.

Myasthenia

At age 14, an Englishwoman Clara Alan Ford turned to doctors with complaints of strange fatigue and muscle unpredictable behavior limbs. At first, doctors thought that it was a growing pains, watching as the patient's legs are moving freely. Yet then the girl was diagnosed with a much more severe disorder myasthenia   - an autoimmune disease in which antibodies damage and destroy receptors acetylcholine in striated musculature.

Myasthenia

With this Latin name translates as "helplessness" or "weakness" - it is quite well describes the condition of the girl. In July 2013 doctors removed her the thymus gland in the hope that it will help. Now we need to wait three years, To understand whether the operation will affect. Myasthenia   It is quite rare disease, which affects 15 people per 100 thousand.

Myasthenia

The disease makes a person weak and inactive, which is why it is sometimes called the "syndrome rag doll. "His victims lose control of the muscles in the arms and legs, which is why stop moving. But in spite of this serious disorder, she has managed to make a career in the modeling world.

Myasthenia

"Sometimes I do my own hair, and suddenly his hands suddenly weakened and then fell limply to the the body - says Clara Alan. - If I rest, my state improving, so I need constant interruptions. It sounds strange, but I really I feel like a rag doll. I do not want to surrender to the disease, I like working model and succeed in spite of all problems health. "(Read More)

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