It costs 3,475 dirhams per month

Judy suffers from a genetic disease and needs lifelong treatment

The Syrian girl (Judy - three years old) suffers from a genetic disease since birth, known as metabolic disease, and she needs treatment for life, and the cost of monthly treatment is 3,475 dirhams. His salary is 3,500 dirhams, and he has no other source of income.

The girl's father told the story of his daughter's suffering with the disease to "Emirates Today", saying that (Judy) is his first and only child, and she is currently three years old, and since birth she has been suffering from health problems that affected her growth and her life greatly, and after repeating her suffering, he asked From him, the doctor went to Tawam Hospital in the city of Al Ain, to perform analyzes and specialized medical examinations to determine the nature of her illness.

He added that he went to Tawam Hospital, and after conducting the necessary analysis and examinations, it was found that the girl suffers from a genetic disease since birth, known as metabolism, and the doctors confirmed that (Judy) needs special nutritional supplements for life, and its cost is 3,475 dirhams per month.

He added, "These nutritional supplements play a major role in improving the health condition of the girl child, and the problem is that health insurance does not cover nutritional supplements, and his modest financial capabilities do not allow him to manage his cost, as he is the only breadwinner for members of his family consisting of the wife and his child (Judy), and he works in a private entity. With a salary of 3,500 dirhams, of which 2,000 dirhams goes per month for the rent of the house, and the rest is for the expenses and requirements of life, and there is nothing left from the salary to buy the treatment of the child.

He indicated that he had previously knocked on all doors in search of a solution to his problem, but to no avail, and failed to obtain a loan, because he would not be able to repay, and currently he is unable to help his child, and he does not know how to arrange a lifelong treatment amount for her, under the circumstances. The difficult situation he is going through, pointing out that these nutritional supplements are necessary to preserve Judy's life. He appealed to good people and people of compassionate hearts to help him manage the cost of his daughter's treatment.

hereditary and acquired disease

Metabolic disease is known as a metabolic disorder, and it occurs as a result of abnormal chemical reactions in the body, altering the normal metabolic process.

It can also be defined as an inherited abnormality in a single gene, and most of these disorders are autosomal recessive.

Most of these disorders result from heredity, that is, with the newborn, and metabolic disorders can also come after birth, that is, they can be acquired.

It can lead to disorders in the body’s handling of fats, such as high blood fats, such as “hyperlipoproteinemia”, or it can lead to a defect in dealing with amino acids or proteins, such as porphyria, in which the production of red blood cells is disturbed. Disturbances in the body's processing of hydrocarbons, including diabetes.

• The father works with a salary of 3,500 dirhams and cannot afford the expenses of treating his only child.