Medical Anomalies

In many ways Maurice Simpson is just a regular guy who works hard and loves his wife and children. But there's something about Maurice that sets him apart from everybody else. Since childhood he's been disfigured by massive facial tumors caused by Neurofibromatosis. Amazingly, an anonymous donor has offered to pay for surgery - is there too much at stake for him to have a brand new face?

In one of India's most remote areas, a boy named Deepak was born with an extraordinary medical condition a parasitic twin. Half of his brother was fused with his chest giving Deepak's body four extra limbs. On the other side of India live conjoined twins Sohna and Mohna, two individuals joined at the pelvis, sharing one pair of legs.

Sun Cheng, 22 from Chinas Yunnan province, was born with an undiagnosed disfiguring genetic condition. Known locally as The Man with Fish Skin, Sun has thick, tough layers of scale-like skin coating his entire body. Now for the first time, Sun is leaving his small village to visit a hospital and have his condition assessed.

For 18 months teenager Calvino Inman has cried tears of blood on a daily basis and the best doctors in the State can't agree on the reason. Now Calvino is travelling to see a leading U.S eye clinic. Can they solve the mystery of his shocking condition? In India, Rashida Khatoon is also hoping someone will help her. For the last two years this mother of three has been crying tears of blood.

Miami resident Dominique Lanoise doesn't want to be a burden on her six kids but, as the heaviest mom in the world weighing in at around 800 pounds, she can't help it. Her children do everything for her. It's a true labour of love. Will Dominique's children, having skipped their childhoods, find an escape from their roles as 24/7 carers?

Nicky Freeman is 40 but has the body of a 10 year old. Gabby Williams is 6 but she's no bigger than a newborn and is still in diapers. Both mysteriously age around 1 year for every 4 and doctors have no idea why. Will the two families at last find the answers they've been searching for: why their kids aren't growing up and could this mysterious condition be passed down the generations?