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Young Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Phuong looked like an old lady in months and she claimed it may be due to her extreme allergy to seafood, the Daily Mail reported.

Nguyen, 26, said she developed a puffy face and sagging skin in 2008 but was too poor to seek treatment.

Earlier this month, doctors said they would examine her free of charge.

Doctors say it may have been the long-term use of traditional medicines that caused the condition as they are often spiked with corticoids. These steroids speed up the effects of the remedies but could also have triggered the rare skin disease mastocytosis.

（點(diǎn)擊英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》查看原文）

年輕女子數(shù)月變老太

?????? 據(jù)英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》報(bào)道，一位年輕的越南女子居然在數(shù)月內(nèi)變成了老太太的模樣！該女子聲稱，這一切可能是因?yàn)樽约簩?duì)海鮮極度過(guò)敏所造成的。

?????? 現(xiàn)年26歲的阮蒔芳告訴《每日郵報(bào)》，2008年開始，她的臉部開始腫脹，皮膚也日漸松弛，但由于家庭貧困一直沒(méi)有治療。

?????? 本月早些時(shí)候，醫(yī)生表示可以為她免費(fèi)檢查。

?????? 他們認(rèn)為，阮蒔芳很快變老，可能是長(zhǎng)期服用傳統(tǒng)藥物所致，因?yàn)槟切┧幬镏泻心I上腺皮質(zhì)類脂醇。這種物質(zhì)雖然可以提高藥效，但卻能引發(fā)肥大細(xì)胞增多癥等罕見(jiàn)皮膚疾病。

(China.org.cn October 17, 2011)