Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (shortened from hereon to 'FOP')
Basically, it's a (mercifully rare, thank God) disease that's inherited at birth, and it deals with the regeneration of muscles, ligaments and tendons. Normally, the body can regenerate these fairly well over a variable period of time. However, with FOP, it's a little different. The body doesn't replace them with more muscles/tendons/ligaments; the body replaces them with bone.
So imagine, if you will, every joint in your body suddenly being blocked by solid bone. You essentially adopt the mobility of a stone statue while retaining full human consciousness. Any attempt to remove the unwanted bone growth only results in more of it. You're stuck like that until you either die from suffocation due tothe bones in your chest being unable to expand, or you die from starvation because you can't move your jaw.
And it's slow.
Thankfully, there have only been 700 confirmed cases worldwide since it's discovery in the early 1900's.
Have a nice day.
Basically, it's a (mercifully rare, thank God) disease that's inherited at birth, and it deals with the regeneration of muscles, ligaments and tendons. Normally, the body can regenerate these fairly well over a variable period of time. However, with FOP, it's a little different. The body doesn't replace them with more muscles/tendons/ligaments; the body replaces them with bone.
So imagine, if you will, every joint in your body suddenly being blocked by solid bone. You essentially adopt the mobility of a stone statue while retaining full human consciousness. Any attempt to remove the unwanted bone growth only results in more of it. You're stuck like that until you either die from suffocation due tothe bones in your chest being unable to expand, or you die from starvation because you can't move your jaw.
And it's slow.
Thankfully, there have only been 700 confirmed cases worldwide since it's discovery in the early 1900's.
Have a nice day.
