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| Missing boy with serious genetic condition found safe in Hertfordshire | |
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| A 10-year-old boy with a serious genetic condition who went missing early on Tuesday has been found and taken to hospital. | A 10-year-old boy with a serious genetic condition who went missing early on Tuesday has been found and taken to hospital. |
| Malakhi Chijiutomi-Ghosh, who has congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which means his adrenal gland is larger than usual, was found by an off-duty police officer about 30 miles from where he was last seen. | |
| He was last seen on Thornton Heath high street, in Croydon, south London, on CCTV at 7.30am and was found in Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said. | He was last seen on Thornton Heath high street, in Croydon, south London, on CCTV at 7.30am and was found in Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said. |
| Malakhi needs medication three times a day for his condition. There were fears he could have fallen into a coma. He has been taken to hospital as a precaution. | Malakhi needs medication three times a day for his condition. There were fears he could have fallen into a coma. He has been taken to hospital as a precaution. |
| His father, the Manchester-born jazz clarinettist and composer Arun Ghosh, asked on Twitter for help finding his son. | |
| CAH means the body is missing a chemical substance that stimulates the adrenal glands to release the cortisol hormone. | |
| People with the condition are less able to cope with emotional and physical stress and it can be life-threatening, the NHS said. | People with the condition are less able to cope with emotional and physical stress and it can be life-threatening, the NHS said. |
| The condition makes the level of male hormones increase, causing puberty to appear early in boys. Symptoms include heart rhythm abnormalities, dehydration and vomiting. | The condition makes the level of male hormones increase, causing puberty to appear early in boys. Symptoms include heart rhythm abnormalities, dehydration and vomiting. |
| CAH affects between one in 10,000 and one in 18,000 children born each year. | CAH affects between one in 10,000 and one in 18,000 children born each year. |