Every parent always wants their kids to be good-looking, smart, and healthy.

Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, is a rare ɪʟʟɴᴇss that hastens the aging of children. Sadly, the unnamed 20-year-old Sᴏᴜᴛʜ Aғʀɪᴄᴀn wOᴍᴀɴ who gave birth to the progeria-positive girl did so. After a few months, news has been made about a Nᴇᴡʙᴏʀɴꜱthat appears to be older than her mother and is said to resemble “an ancient wOᴍᴀɴ.”

The Eastern Cape province’s small and impoverished hamlet of Libode is where a young mother, age 20, gave birth to her child on August 30, 2021, according to Sᴏᴜᴛʜ Aғʀɪᴄᴀn media. Her grandma attempted to call an ambulance when she went into labor, but it did not arrive in time, so she gave birth at home. Before being taken to the hospital, she delivered birth.

Doctors informed us that she is disabled, the grandmother of the girl revealed. She had a peculiar quality about her, which I observed during her birth. She was unable to cry and her nose was blocked. We were sʜᴏᴄᴋed and in ᴀᴡᴇ because they had never seen anything like it before. I’ve just learned that she is being called names. That makes me very anxious.

Progeria, which causes children to age quickly beginning in their first two years of life, is described by the Mayo Clinic as “an extraordinarily rare, progressive genetic condition.” According to medical professionals, progeria is caused by a gene mutation, which also accelerates aging. When a ʙᴀʙʏ is born, there are typically no symptoms, but throughout their first year, the ᴅɪsᴇᴀsᴇ begins to ᴍᴀɴifest. But in some instances, like this one, there are early warning indications.