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Doctors Baffled, Intrigued By Girl Who Doesn't Age

phyrebyrd writes "Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler. She turned 16 in January. Brooke hasn't aged in the conventional sense. Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, in Tampa, says Brooke's body is not developing as a coordinated unit, but as independent parts that are out of sync. She has never been diagnosed with any known genetic syndrome or chromosomal abnormality that would help explain why. Brooke's hair and her nails are the only two things that grow, Howard said. 'She has pajamas and outfits that are 10 or 12 years old,' he said."

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  1. Yeah really... by McNihil · · Score: 0, Troll

    So all this has been under wraps for 16 years?!?

    I call all this bull and raise them a handful of shit.

  2. Why won't this story die? by Baron_Yam · · Score: 0, Troll

    The 'child' is a primordial dwarf. Her symptoms fit to the last detail.

    This story has done time on Digg and Fark already, probably several other sites as well, and it seems everywhere large numbers of non-doctors can use Google to compare her symptoms to a RARE but known medical condition. The poor kid's doctors either don't know how to research or are otherwise incompetent.

  3. So how would you know.... by hesaigo999ca · · Score: 0, Troll

    So if she were to get into a relationship with someone her own age, or a few years older...they would actually look like pedophiles but not really BE a pedophile. So if we go further, someone who would intentionally go out with someone like this would be branded a pedophile off the bat, as she should never be allowed to know real love/lust until she is at least THIS tall to ride on the ride???

  4. Re:She looks retarded ... by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 0, Troll

    Babies also are meant to be seen as cute by humans. This is another inborn thing; we see babies as cute and protect them.

    What twisted parallel universe do you come from? Babies are gross, disgusting sacks of diseased shit constantly leaking goo, vomiting, shitting, smelling absolutely horrible (even a clean baby has a distinct scent from a clean adult-- and it's overpowering, and horribly disgusting), besides making noise and in general acting completely devoid of any mental function whatsoever. I stay the hell away from the fucking things.

  5. Re:I don't have anything really smart to say by sgt+scrub · · Score: 1, Troll

    Then when you get cancer doctors should just give you an estimate of how long until you die. Oh wait.

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