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

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

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 overexertion, not warming up, muscle weakness or incorrect execution of certain movements. Sometimes it is congenital, as with Ulrich.

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

Ulrich lived with 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 as a result of bullying from peers. However, the child did not give up and locked himself in the house and always looked for a solution. Use sturdy branches He walked 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 happened. “If I am 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 so was his mother Because he doesn’t have the financial power He couldn’t find a solution.

Donors came like sunshine into Ulrich’s life.

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

Ulrich can now walk smoothly and upright. The business in which he was born a rare condition Although he managed to capture it, he overcame it both through 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 the hip bone; an inflammatory and painful form of rheumatism “Ankylosing spondylitis” He had the disease. Due to this disease, he was hunched over for 25 years, never able to stand upright again and the 44-year-old man was cared for by his 71-year-old mother.

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

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