Disease That Doubles the Body: Quadriceps Contracture

Ulrich suffered from a congenital disease. Because of this disease, his development was progressing more strangely than it should have. From your peers to be very different and being bullied made his life even more unbearable.

In fact, there was a cure for his disease, but his financial means were not sufficient. What happened to him afterwards happiest person in the world made. If you wish, let’s take a closer look at what Ulrich’s disease is and his story.

Ulrich was born with a condition known as quadriceps contracture.

Quadriceps (four large muscles in front of the knee), may experience contraction or tightness. This can usually be caused by overload, failure to warm up, muscle weakness, or performing some movements incorrectly. Sometimes it is congenital, as in Ulrich.

Ulrich’s contracture (abnormal tightening or squeezing of the muscles and ligaments in a joint) in the quadriceps muscle group shortening and decreased flexibility There was a condition that prevented the knee from extending fully. His muscles were not growing at the same rate as his bones, causing his legs to bend backwards.

Ulrich lived in pain for a long time.

Surgery for this desperate condition was quite expensive and Ulrich was in constant pain. He was also constantly exposed to strange looks and ridicule due to peer bullying. However, the child did not give up and locked himself at home and was always looking for a solution. Using sturdy branches He was walking somehow.

However, no matter how hard he fought, his own efforts were not enough.

Because it tries to support body weight severe pain in hands and joints It was happening. “If I’m like this now, what will I be like when I get older?” thought Ulrich.

Moreover, his life was not a bed of roses. He had to help his mother by doing chores such as collecting firewood and carrying water. The child’s life was seriously difficult, but his mother was also Because he doesn’t have the financial power He couldn’t find a solution.

Donors came into Ulrich’s life like sunshine.

Ulrich underwent many complex surgeries, free of charge, thanks to volunteers. When you woke up from your last surgery, two straight legs there was! The boy couldn’t believe that these were his legs.

Ulrich can now walk properly and upright. The case he was born into, a rare condition Even though he managed to catch it, he overcame it both with his own efforts and thanks to donors.

There was the “folding man”, a case similar to Ulrich.

The man, Li Hua, was 19 years old when he suffered from a condition that affected his spine and the joint between the spine and hip bone; an inflammatory and painful type of rheumatism “Ankylosing spondylitis” He had the disease. Because of this disease, he was bent over for 25 years, could never stand upright, and the 44-year-old man was looked after by his 71-year-old mother.

After 25 years, Shenzhen University Hospital took over the man’s treatment and for months many surgical operations They implemented it. Li Hua can now stand upright and, according to doctors, there is a great chance that he will survive after the surgeries.

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