18-month-old infant suffers from a disorder, weighs 22 kgs

An 18-month-old boy has been found to be suffering from a rare disorder which has led his body to weigh 22 kg.
Parents of Shreejit Hingankar took him to a city-based Jaslok Hospital for treatment and doctors claim that it is only second such recorded case in India
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The toddler was diagnosed as a result of deficiency of Leptin, a hormone, due to which the brain cannot fathom when the stomach is full and one should stop eating. Its treatment is currently not available in India, doctors handling his case said.Shreejit weighed 2.5 kg at birth but put on 4 kg in the first six months. In 10 months, he weighed 17 kg and now 22 kg.