KFOR-TV reports. That A one-year-old Oklahoma boy is
battling a rare disease that causes his muscle tissue to slowly become bone.
her mother Chasity Kirkman in her statement said she knew
something was wrong with her son Ryder when he was born. "His fingers and
toes weren't fully developed,"
After months of testing, Ryder was diagnosed with
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, also called Stone Man
Syndrome, KFOR-TV reported.
The rare genetic disease causes muscle tissue and
connective tissue like ligaments to be gradually replaced with bone, according
to the National Institute of Health.
Bone growth can be facilitated by something as small
as a fall, and “any attempt to remove this unwanted bone leads to explosive
growth of even more bone,” according to NIH.
Because there is no cure for the disease, Ryder’s
doctors can only make him comfortable and try to prevent and manage his
symptoms, KFOR-TV reported.
People with the disease can live to be in the 40s, according to
NIH.
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