Meet The Woman With The Biggest Hands

(See Photos Below)

For more than 50 years, Duangjay
Samaks amam, from Thailand, has
suffered from an extremely rare and
painful affliction that leaves her limbs
permanently swollen

According to a new series,Body
Bizzare,Experts believe the 59-year-old is the only person in the world to suffer the rare condition macrodystrophia lipomastosa from shoulder to fingers on both arms.

Embarrassed by her condition throughout her childhood, she spent the first 20 years of her life as a recluse ashamed of the way she looked, meaning she never went to school. But she was forced to come out of hiding at the age of 20 to earn a living in order to care for her elderly parents, and take over running the family grocery shop.

"My hands are so heavy I can barely
lift them to comb or shampoo my
hair, it's very difficult. Getting dressed is also very difficult and painful."

Some doctors said the only solution
was to cut off my hands if I wished
to walk around freely. But I don't want to do that.

"They removed about 700 grams of fat and blood out of my hands but after a month it just grew back"

Plastic surgeon Dr Eiju Uchinuma said:

"This case is very rare. Both her
arms are enlarged. Her arms and
hands are enormous so they swell
badly but it could be worse.My diagnosis is that she is the first and
only person in the world who has
Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa from
shoulders to her fingers on both
arms.The cause of the disease is unknown and is therefore incurable"

Be the first of your friends to post a comment below