Pictured: The 'walking skeleton' who couldn't digest food for a whole year

Pictured: The 'walking skeleton' who couldn't digest food for a whole year

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:38 PM on 14th January 2009

These pictures show the severe effects of intestinal obstruction, a condition that turned this man into a walking skeleton.

The patient, identified only as Gang, has suffered chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction for a year, causing his weight to plummet as he is unable to digest food properly.

His condition became so severe that he was days from death when he finally presented himself to shocked doctors in Beijing, China.


Horrifying: The severe effects of intestinal obstruction, a condition that turned this man into a walking skeleton as he is unable to digest food properly

The condition, which is believed to be hereditary, has no known cure in its primary state. It can also be caused by other diseases.

Geng is currently undergoing treatment at the General Hospital of Beijing Military.


'Gang' was only days away from death when he presented himself to medics in Beijing

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1115586/Pictured-The-walking-skeleton-digest-food-year.html