Young "old lady": a woman ages 8 times faster than usual due to "Benjamin Button" syndrome

Genetic diseases are a white spot in medicine. Doctors still cannot find a cure for them and prevent their appearance. Benjamin Button syndrome is one of these diseases. The story of a woman who suffers from rapid aging is touching and sad. No matter what, she tries to live every day as the last, realizing that tomorrow may not come.

Find out how an unusual young "old lady" lives and what helps her to enjoy every day.41-year-old Tiffany Wedekind from Columbus, Ohio, suffers from a rare genetic disease that affects one in 50 million. The woman was diagnosed with progeria at the age of 20. A similar syndrome is observed in only 156 people around the world.She is special because children who have been diagnosed with this in the first two years of their life rarely live to the age of 12. Tiffany is the "oldest" among all sufferers of this syndrome.The mother of the young "old lady", Linda, has already passed 70 years. Medicine claims that she is a carrier of the gene that causes the "Benjamin Button" syndrome, but the woman has no symptoms of the disease.