The woman owns elephant legs

A rare disease has caused an English woman's legs to grow at an alarming rate, reaching over 45kg per leg, completely oversized for the slender upper body.

Mandy Sellars, 36, lives on the outskirts of Manchester, England is an ordinary woman who enjoys watching movies, gathering and playing with friends and relatives. However, there was one thing that made her completely different and stand out from the others: her huge legs, bulging wider than her waist, tied to her slender upper body.

Proteus disease syndrome is extremely rare, causing Mandy Sellars's legs
weighs a total of 92-98kg on the entire body weighing 130kg. (Photo: FOX News)

Sellars' diagnosis doctors have extremely rare Proteus syndrome , causing her legs to weigh a total of 92 to 98kg on a 130kg body weight. According to Dr. John Graham, a genetic specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, USA, the disease that Sellars suffers from is a very rare disorder, with a rate of 1 part per million. The worse thing is, unusual legs will not stop growing and someday they will be forced to be cut off.

Answering the interview on FOX News , Sellars said: "When I cried out, doctors realized something was wrong about me. They really didn't want their parents to see me and actually tried to Separating me from my family, especially my mother, for about 10-14 days ".

Doctors give birth to a child who thinks that Sellars will only live for a few weeks with asymmetrical legs and 7cm longer than the left leg. At that time, no one knew about the disease or how to treat her. Despite the anomalies, Sellars survived and started to know at 18 months. Mother Sellars also refused to follow the doctor's advice about amputating both legs of a daughter.

Sellars had his left leg amputated in early 2010 and is now using prosthetic legs to walk. (Photo: The Sun)

While still studying psychology at the University of Lancashire, Sellars retained a lively appearance and actively participated in activities with friends at school. However, her health is getting worse. She had arthritis, blood clots (DVT) and had a blood clot in her leg. That made Sellars ever paralyzed from the waist down for 2 months, while his left leg was twisted 180 degrees and 12.7 cm longer than his right leg.

After years of trying to cure the strange disease as well as seeking advice from both American experts, Sellars finally decided to have one leg removed surgery in January 2010. She is currently learning to walk with a new prosthetic leg and attend regular physical therapy sessions. The woman said, she felt that the present life was better than before even though the move was still very difficult.