Boy suffers from rare skin conditionWisdom Kariuki with his aunt Monica Mumbi at her home in Kayole, Nairobi, on December 6. Wisdom suffers from a rare skin condition and has bandages all over his wounded body. The immune system is supposed to protect the body, but having an autoimmune condition means that the immune system mistakenly attacks its own body, attacking healthy cells. “You are not born with the condition, it is basically a disregulation of the immune system. Secondly, because the immune system is the problem, he has to take medication known as corticosteroids to suppress it, lowering his immunity further.

Source: Standard Digital December 14, 2018 21:04 UTC