Lesch-Nyhan Syndrom: The Boy who can't stop hurting himself.

Davey parents have 5 children and the youngest of which Davey and he has got Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.

In a nutshell, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is basically cerebral palsy. Davey has got the extreme with self-injury, injury of self and injury of others. It is very rare. It is only in 1 in 380,000 births. They will bite their fingers, bite their toes and if someone is close by, they will lean over and bite them.

Not that he actually goes for them but if you are close enough, his mind kicks in and says "I need to bite you". To protect Davey from self-harm, his parents have to more arm braces, keeps his hands from reaching his mouth. his parents have dad to make special Kangaroo pouches for his legs so his feet don't kick too far. So basically he has got straps everywhere.

The parents have to take special measures daily to ensure that Davet does not hurt himself, including arm braces, Kangaroo-type pouches to tuck his legs in and a rubber mouth contraception to stop him biting his lip.

If he turns around to see that there is anything hard he will hit his head. Whenever he is near anything dangerous, it is all covered. So at bedtime, his parents take him out of his hard armguard. they put this on him and it goes over his shoulder and he can freely bend his arms but he can not get to his fingers.