Ma Zhong Nan, a 93-year-old man living in a small village in China, recounts how a horn began to sprout on his head five years ago. Ma was combing his hair one day and carelessly injured his scalp. Because it was just a small wound, he did not pay much attention to it. Little did he expect that a thick, hard substance started to grow on his head. Since it did not bother him, he just ignored the growth. But the growth just kept getting bigger and harder, forming a horn of about 10cm (4 inches) long half a year later. Two weeks ago, Ma suddenly felt itching of the horn and his children brought him to see a doctor at the local hospital. But the doctor has no explanation for it. His children are now trying to seek help through the media.
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Translation credits goes to spluch.com
Bonus:
This remainds me of another story aboutA 95 year old woman from Zhanjiang – south China – who has sprouted a 12 centimetre long horn on her forehead.
The horn first grew in 2003 and has grown progressively bigger and bigger, taking over the poor woman’s face
Doctors are baffled by the protrusion – and can only speculate that Xiou Ling is suffering a hormone imbalance
Her family are currently saving up for treatment to remove it.
This post was written by bullets on November 14, 2007
