20 Kids Grow Werewolf-Like Hairs After Being Given Hair Restorer For Upset Tummy

Story By: James KingSub-EditorJoana Mihajlovska, Agency: Newsflash

Around 20 children who were given hair restorer instead of medicine to treat an upset tummy are still growing large werewolf-like hairs over their bodies.

These pictures show the hair-covered skin of the young children who live in the city of Torrelavega in the northern Spanish region of Cantabria.

Local officials admitted that a group of children was mistakenly given minoxidil, a medication for hair growth, instead of omeprazole to treat gastric reflux.

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Two years after the medical blunder, some of the affected children are still growing werewolf-like hairs over their bodies.

The children’s furious parents went public and it was later confirmed that 20 children were affected in Andalusia and the Valencian Community prompting a similar probe on the suspicion the same mistake may have been made there.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, the authorities discovered at the end of July last year that the mistake had been noticed when a group of families represented by lawyer Javier Diaz Aparicio filed a complaint with the authorities.

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The families have filed civil and criminal complaints against a laboratory and several companies for importing and distributing the drug for manufacturing, distributing and selling, as well as against two pharmacies in Cantabria which were later exculpated by the judge.

The affected minors who had taken minoxidil developed hypertrichosis, the appearance of excess hair on the body.

The families of some children have complained that despite treatment, the hair keeps growing and they demand compensation.

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