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Young Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Phuong looked like an old lady in months and she claimed it may be due to her extreme allergy to seafood, the Daily Mail reported.

Nguyen, 26, said she developed a puffy face and sagging skin in 2008 but was too poor to seek treatment.

Earlier this month, doctors said they would examine her free of charge.

Doctors say it may have been the long-term use of traditional medicines that caused the condition as they are often spiked with corticoids. These steroids speed up the effects of the remedies but could also have triggered the rare skin disease mastocytosis.

（點擊英國《每日郵報》查看原文）

年輕女子數月變老太

?????? 據英國《每日郵報》報道，一位年輕的越南女子居然在數月內變成了老太太的模樣！該女子聲稱，這一切可能是因為自己對海鮮極度過敏所造成的。

?????? 現年26歲的阮蒔芳告訴《每日郵報》，2008年開始，她的臉部開始腫脹，皮膚也日漸松弛，但由于家庭貧困一直沒有治療。

?????? 本月早些時候，醫生表示可以為她免費檢查。

?????? 他們認為，阮蒔芳很快變老，可能是長期服用傳統藥物所致，因為那些藥物中含有腎上腺皮質類脂醇。這種物質雖然可以提高藥效，但卻能引發肥大細胞增多癥等罕見皮膚疾病。

(China.org.cn October 17, 2011)