Meet the teenager with the longest neck in the
world
Doctors say most necks have 7 vertebrae but 15
year old Chinese boy Fu Wengui (pictured above)
has 10. As a young boy he was diagnosed with
Congenital Scoliosis and an abnormal chest frame
which made his neck grow extra three inches.
This causes him a lot of pain and makes it hard
for Fu to walk. Congenital scoliosis is caused by
the bones in the spine developing abnormally in
the womb.
�He always causes a stir when he�s out. The
vertebrae press on the nerves in his neck and
make it difficult for him to walk.� his dad,
Genyou said
Fortunately for Fu, after his situation was made
public, a Beijing-based charity agreed to finance a
procedure and treatment. He will have corrective
surgery that will hopefully reduce the length of his
neck and ease the discomfort.
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