Mystery as woman shrinks to size of toddler after birth of her son(Photos)

A rare medical condition has caused a grandmother
to shrink to the height of a toddler - two feet tall.
Looking like a small baby , Shanti Devi, 60, spends her
days cuddled up and lying on a cot, mumbling or
singing alone and has become a tourist attraction in
her Indian village.
Her limbs have shrunk and twisted and have become
so rigid that any movement is impossible for her.She
cannot open her hands and spread her legs or even tilt
her head and entirely relies on her children for
assistance.

She has been like this for more than two decades.
Devi once stood five-feet tall but in the past 25 years
she has gradually shrunk to just two-feet tall.
"I have been living like this for nearly 25 years
now. This is painful. I get bored but I can do
nothing on my own. I miss sitting and waking
and meeting my friends or watering plants,"
said Devi in a hoarse voice.
It all started after the delivery of her third child, a
son.Husband Gangacharan Kushwaha said:
"She was perfectly healthy and leading a
normal life when we got married thirty five
years ago.
"Problems only started after the delivery of our
third child, a son. She had become weak and
very slow.After three months, she complained
of severe pain in her bones that had become
stiff. After a couple of months, she noticed
changes in her body as she was looking
smaller," "She told us but we did not believe her
until we realised she had shortened by half feet
in just four months. However, she could walk."

Shanti's condition deteriorated and she became
completely bed-ridden after a thatched roof from a
neighbouring hut fell on her legs.
"One day, while neighbours were fitting their
new thatched roof, she was looking at it and it
accidentally fell on her legs. After that accident,
she could not get up on her feet."Her bones had
become weak and tight. She complained of
severe pain and eventually lost physical
strength and became bed-ridden," added the 62-
year-old farmer.
While her peculiar condition baffled her family and
neighbours, Gangacharan sought help from several
doctors but unfortunately, no for treatment or
medicine could work and heal her.

Shanti has become an attraction in her village in
Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in north India.People from
far away villages throng to her small shanty to take a
glimpse of her.
But Dr Pankaj Srivastava, a local physician, believes
her condition looks like Brittle Bone disease or
Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
He said: "I cannot say anything without
diagnosis but it looks like to be a case of OI, a
genetic disease where bones become fragile and
break easily. But without examination, nothing
could be said."
Daily Mirror