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Rare disease forces boy to be wrapped in tissues

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-01-22 06:46 Comments

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Rare disease forces boy to be wrapped in tissues

Eight-year-old Song Liuchen from a village in Shangqiu city, Henan province, has been suffering from epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a skin disease, since he was born. The skin blisters and festers after it is touched. EB is a rare disease and babies who are diagnosed with it usually do not survive beyond two years. But Song has been struggling with it for eight years. [Photo/CFP]

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