Twins born in Rajasthan are suffering from a rare disease where their skin is like plastic

Four days ago, twins born in Bikaner, Rajasthan are suffering from a rare disease. The skin of both these children is like plastic. The hardcore skin is torn like nails. The rare disease is known as Harlequin-type ichthyosis. A team of half a dozen doctors including Dr. G.S. Tanwar is engaged in the treatment of the children. With this disease, children are able to live for one and a half years.

Doctors are feeding them milk through a pipe along with vitamin A therapy to moisten the skin of both kids. According to the doctors, this could probably be the country's first case, where twins are born with this rare disease. This disease is found in one child out of five lakh.

The twins were born in a private hospital in Nokha of Bikaner district on November 3. The skin of the twins is very hard, like the light pink color of nails. Cracks in between are deep. After birth, both the children were admitted in critical condition at PBM Hospital in Bikaner.

According to doctors, Harlequin-type ichthyosis disease reaches the child through an autosomal recessive gene. Sometimes people can be carriers of this disease even without having it. For example, if one of the parents has inherited this gene, then one or both of them will be carriers of this disease, that is, even if the parents did not have Harlequin-type ichthyosis in their childhood, the future child may have this disease.