Boy who spent 16 days in coma returns to school in RJ; video

The emotional moment was recorded and shared on social media by the boy’s mother, Tayane Gandra

Guilherme Gandra de Moura, the 8-year-old boy who woke up after spending 16 days in a coma, returned to school this week. The moment was recorded and shared on social media by the mother of the child, Tayane Gandra.

“The easy thing is over, back to routine,” wrote Tayane in Instagram Stories. At school, the boy Gui was greeted with lots of hugs and kisses from his classmates.

The boy has gone viral on social media in the last month with a video showing his reunion with his mother after days in a coma. The case occurred in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

Gui has a rare condition called dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. The period in induced coma was necessary for the treatment of pneumonia.

What is dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa?

According to information from the Ministry of Health, it is a rare, incurable and non-communicable disease. Genetic and hereditary, it affects only about 500,000 people worldwide today. In Brazil there are about 800 diagnosed patients.

There are different types of epidermolysis bullosa, but epidermolysis dystrophic (EBD), which affects Gui, is the one that causes the greatest number of sequelae, with the formation of deep blisters between the dermis and epidermis, generating scars and in some cases also loss of function of the members.

Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa is also known as “butterfly disease” because the fragility of the patient’s skin resembles that of an insect’s wing.

*With information from Estadão Content

Source: Terra

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