Photos of a baby that gets bigger day by day

Disturbing photos of a baby suffering
from a strange deficiency that increases
her body size excessively has emerged
with doctors putting heads together to
tackle the ailment.
A morbidly obese toddler tips the
scales at 53lbs (24kg) – making her
one of the heaviest girls in the world
for her age.
In March 2015, 18-month-old Aliya
Saleem weighed 41lbs (18kg) and her
incredible size garnered worldwide
attention. A video about Aliya and
her family’s ordeal received more
than 21 million views on YouTube
channel Barcroft TV.
But her mother Shabnam Parveen
and father Mohammad Saleem, who
live in Jharkhand, in the Indian
district of Ranchi, were left baffled
by what was causing their daughter’s
insatiable appetite.
Now a paediatrician at the nearby
Orchid Medical Centre has
formulated a number of theories
about what could be behind Aliya’s
ever-expanding waistline.
Dr Bhavya Kumar has examined
Aliya and believes she could be
suffering from Prader-Willi
syndrome – a rare disorder
characterised by learning
difficulties, growth abnormalities,
and obsessive eating.
He said: “There could be some
hormonal imbalance, there could
some metabolic disease. There can be
some genetic causes. It could be
because of some tumour. But because
there is a history of sibling loss with
similar complaints, that points
towards a genetic cause.
“So, I strongly suspect that this could
be a case of some genetic disorder,
most probably Prader-Willi
syndrome, which is a very rare
disorder.”