US Brothers Aged 6 And 2 Diagnosed With Rare Childhood Dementia
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Brothers Michael, aged 6, and Oliver, aged 2 both living in Washington were diagnosed with 'Type 2 Battens' disease in April and May, respectively.
Dementia is abnormal brain degeneration that leads to changes in a person's ability to think, speak, and take part in normal daily activities. It mostly affects older adults, and it's quite rare for children and teenagers to have the syndrome. However, two young boys aged 6 and 2 in the US were diagnosed with childhood dementia as a result of a rare genetic disease, the New York Post reported.
Brothers Michael, aged 6, and Oliver, aged 2 both living in Washington were diagnosed with 'Type 2 Battens' disease in April and May, respectively. Batten disease, also called Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs), is a paediatric neurodegenerative disorder caused by an abnormality in a child's genes.
''How do you explain to a child that they have limited time? We're putting it off for as long as possible,'' their mother Kristian Tucker said.
