The toddler turning into a 'living statue' due to mystery illness

*Beatrice Naso, 3, has a mysterious illness that will leave her unable to move

*She was a normal baby but began to show symptoms at seven-months-old

*Parents noticed she was looking stiff, then her wrist broke during massage

*Her body is calcifying the soft tissue around her joints preventing movement

A toddler has been struck down with a mysterious illness which will eventually leave her completely unable to move - turning her into a living statue.  Beatrice Naso has a room full of toys and teddy bears but the devastating disease means the three-year-old is unable to play with any of them.

The child from Turin, Italy, was a perfectly normal baby but developed the mystery illness when she was just seven-months-old.

Beatrice, three, was a normal baby until she was seven-months-old. She is pictured with her parents Alessando and Stefania

Beatrice's mother (pictured) first realised there was a problem when her daughter started to look stiff

Her parents, Alessando and Stefania Naso, first noticed there was a problem when Beatrice started looking stiff, days later her mother was gently massaging her wrist when it broke.  Doctors examined Beatrice and discovered that her body was calcifying her soft tissue, turning her into a living statue.  Surgeons at the Regina Margherita Hospital are now appealing to fellow medics worldwide to see if they can find a cure for the toddler.


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