DUBAI: An Indian baby girl is worrying doctors and her family due to her ballooning weight.
At eight-months-old, Chahat Kumar, from Punjab in India, weighs roughly 17 kilograms.
Doctors, claims the Daily Mail, are confused as to what is causing her appetite while her mother Reena Kumar, 21, told local media: “She doesn’t eat like a normal kid. She keeps eating all the time. If we don’t give her anything to eat, she starts crying.”
According to Barcroft Media, her father Suraj Kumar, 23, said: “When Chahat was born, she was completely normal. Then, slowly we saw that her weight was shooting up.
“It’s not our fault. God gave this condition to her. It’s not in our hands. I feel bad when some people laugh at her for being fat.”
The child also suffers from abnormally hard skin, according to the family’s doctor.
Dr. Vasudev Sharma is worried about the child’s growth.
“Her weight is increasing excessively and it has to be controlled. She has to eat less. She eats like a 10-year-old kid,” he said, according to The Sun.
Medical experts are facing barriers in determining the cause of the health issue as blood testing is proving difficult.
“We have tried it many times. Her skin is so hard that we can’t ever diagnose her condition,” the doctor said.
At 17 kgs, eight-month-old Indian baby baffles doctors and parents
At 17 kgs, eight-month-old Indian baby baffles doctors and parents
