A baby boy is covered with angry red lumps due to a rare medical condition - and they even appear on his tongue and his eyeballs.
Oscar Langham's has a rash that looks like chicken pox all over his tiny body, which is getting worse the older he gets.
It is so severe strangers are scared to touch him because they think he might be contagious.
He was diagnosed with Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, a cancer-like disease of the immune cells, six months ago.
This is where the body accumulates too many immature Langerhans cells - a type of white blood cell that normally help it fight infection - which can cause tumours and organ damage.
Despite being treated with chemothearapy and steroids, Oscar's spots have remained, baffling doctors, who do not know how the disease will progress.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3526179/Strangers-scared-touch-baby-Boy-10-months-rare-disease-causing-chicken-pox-lumps-body.html#ixzz459B2BWo0
source: dailymail
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