Grandmother Shanti Devi Shrinks To The Size Of A Baby Due To Rare Medical Condition. Photos

A rare medical condition has caused a grandmother to shrink to the height of a toddler - two feet tall. Looking like a small baby , Shanti Devi, 60, spends her days cuddled up and lying on a cot, mumbling or singing alone and has become a tourist attraction in her Indian village....

Her limbs have shrunk and twisted and have become so rigid that any movement is impossible for her. She cannot open her hands and spread her legs or even tilt her head and entirely relies on her children for assistance.

Caters An Indian grandmother has shrunk to the height of a toddler after being affected by a bizarre medical condition. Shanti Devi, 60, looks like a small baby. She spends her days cuddled up and lying on a cot..

She has been like this for more than two decades. Devi once stood five-feet tall but in the past 25 years she has gradually shrunk to just two-feet tall.

It all started after the delivery of her third child, a son. But Shanti's condition deteriorated and she became completely bed-ridden after a thatched roof from a neighbouring hut fell on her legs.

While her peculiar condition baffled her family and neighbours, Gangacharan sought help from several doctors but unfortunately, no for treatment or medicine could work and heal her.

While her pitiable condition has left her family distressed, Shanti has become an attraction in her village in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in north India.