Six-year-old Zayyanu Murtala is pictured recovering from surgery carried out few weeks ago, to
reconstruct a hole in his jaw and damage to his eye, caused by the
flesh-eating disease known as ‘noma’, at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) children’s hospital in
Sokoto, Nigeria.
According
to Doctors Without Border, 'Noma', which came from the Greek word for
'to devour', begins as an ulcer inside the mouth, which then eats away
at the
cheek tissue and bones in the mouth area of the infected person. Left
untreated, the disease is fatal in up to 90 percent of cases. However,
if treated early, the infection can be stopped quickly with antibiotics
and nutritional support.
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