Oliver
with his mother, Stephanie. His parents have been told he will live a
full and healthy life unless the condition spreads to his brain or spin
Speaking about her son’s conditins Mrs Brown says, “Oliver is one of the fortunate ones. Some children are riddled with moles and even get them on their eyelids. He actually has his on the top half of his back so it looks like wings. There can be lots of questions because it comes up to the nape of his neck and so is visible.
Speaking about her son’s conditins Mrs Brown says, “Oliver is one of the fortunate ones. Some children are riddled with moles and even get them on their eyelids. He actually has his on the top half of his back so it looks like wings. There can be lots of questions because it comes up to the nape of his neck and so is visible.
Oliver
pictured at birth, when he was first diagnosed with Congenital
Melanocytic Naevi (CMN) – oversized moles or birthmarks which affect
just one person in every hundred
As he gets older we would hope he can accept himself for who he is. We have all got these bits of ourselves that we do not like and we have to accept them. He is wonderful the way he is and I’m sure in the dark times he will realise this. He is lucky in the sense he is such a cutie pop, everyone seems to think so, and I think people will overlook his condition.”
As he gets older we would hope he can accept himself for who he is. We have all got these bits of ourselves that we do not like and we have to accept them. He is wonderful the way he is and I’m sure in the dark times he will realise this. He is lucky in the sense he is such a cutie pop, everyone seems to think so, and I think people will overlook his condition.”
Babies and children with CMN have regular MRI scans to check the spread of the condition
In children with CMN the cancer is 10 times more aggressive and it’s untreatable once it reaches the brain. The latest research has found the cause of 80 per cent of CMN cases and it’s caused by a mutated gene which develops as the baby is in the womb. This is why it’s so important to give babies MRI scans at birth and regularly to keep an eye on it in case it spreads.
In children with CMN the cancer is 10 times more aggressive and it’s untreatable once it reaches the brain. The latest research has found the cause of 80 per cent of CMN cases and it’s caused by a mutated gene which develops as the baby is in the womb. This is why it’s so important to give babies MRI scans at birth and regularly to keep an eye on it in case it spreads.
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