Mum shares ‘shock and fear’ after her baby girl was born with a ‘pineapple-sized’ growth...

Two-year-old Jessi Campbell suffers from a rare condition that caused a 1kg growth on her left arm, chest and fingers.Parents Jonathan Campbell, 35, and Amara, 34, were "shocked" and "scared" for their little one when they first saw the growth.I've spent most of my life on my back due to rare conditionShe has big sausage fingers on three of her fingers, and the palm of her hand is like a bubble.

Jessi has had three rounds of sclerotherapy, where a solution is injected into the veins to make the lymph collapse and shrink the cyst - and they will continue to have more.Jonathan said: "By the time she's at school my hope is she'll have a smaller arm. "I remember at the beginning, we were told her arm would look somewhat normal by the time she started school.They hope her arm will have shrunk by the time she reaches school age so she doesn't get bulliedKlippel-Trenaunay syndrome is named after the two French doctors who described the condition in 1900.It is usually present at birth but may not become apparent until varicose veins are diagnosed or the extra limb is noticed.

Varicose veins: swollen, enlarged veins that usually occur on the legs. They may be blue, lumpy or twisted in appearanceKTS cannot be treated. However, its symptoms can often be eased.SALE AWAY

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