Obese baby girl's weight leaves doctors baffled

Chahat Kumar was conceived a normal weight yet began expanding in size at four years old months. 

Presently eight months old, she tips the scales at 38lbs (2.7 stones) - the same as a normal four-year-old. 

Dad Suraj Kumar, 23, from from Punjab, India, said:

 “When Chahat was born, she was completely normal. Then, slowly we saw that her weight was shooting up.
“Her weight is increasing day by day.”“It’s not our fault. God gave this condition to her. It’s not in our hands. I feel bad when some people laugh at her for being fat.”

Chahat’s mother Reena, 21, explained:

“Before Chahat, we had a son who died, and then Chahat was born. I am concerned about her health.”She doesn’t eat like a normal kid. She keeps eating all the time. If we don’t give her anything to eat, she starts crying.
“She cries to go out but her weight is too much and we are not able to pick her up. So we only take her to nearby places.”

Because of the intemperate weight the baby is currently encountering issues with both her breathing and dozing. Furthermore, her condition has even puzzled the family's nearby specialist in Punjab.Unfortunately Chahat additionally experiences unusually hard skin which has made taking blood tests to investigate her condition more troublesome, and the family do not have the assets expected to travel abroad for more propelled medicinal treatment.

The Kumar’s doctor, Vasudev Sharma confirmed that the difficulty with taking blood samples has made a medical diagnosis very difficult.

 He said:

 “This is the first case I’ve seen in my life where a child’s weight has been shooting up so much four to five months after birth.
“But the blood test couldn’t be carried out because the fat on the baby’s body was too much, and because of that, the blood test wasn’t done properly.
“We have tried it many times. Her skin is so hard that we can’t ever diagnose her condition.”

Dr Sharma has recommended that the family visit a Pediatric specialist at the Civil Hospital in Amritsar, but the family’s financial restraints has so far made this impossible.