Desiree Jennings Illness Puzzles Doctors

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WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com)- When a bright and happy girl all of a sudden becomes a picture of pain and ailment she is bound to raise a few eyebrows. The same is applicable in the case of Desiree Jennings, a 25 year old Washington Redskins cheerleader and marketing executive who has overnight become a victim of body deformities.

If reports are to be believed, Desiree Jennings started experiencing rising temperatures ever since she was given flu shots the last fall season. Accompanying the temperature was a severe body ache and muscle cramp, which though she thought would not last long, became a permanent affair in her life. The fever and body ache quickly progressed to take the form of a deformity of her body structure, which prevented Desiree Jennings from walking straight. The young girl became so sick that she could not even remember her everyday routine work, let alone mathematical calculations and reading of books.

Apart from being a cheerleader, Desiree Jennings also doubled up as a marketing executive for an American company and was also involved in running activities. Her deteriorating condition thus put a halt to her regular active lifestyle and kept her bed ridden. According to medical practitioners who have been looking after her treatment, the symptoms that Desiree Jennings shows is very rare to say the least. In fact a very odd part of her illness is that after falling sick, the girl suddenly speaking in a different accent, which sounded British to her near and dear ones. Desiree Jennings says that the accent is the result of her not being able to open her mouth properly to speak. Her story has also been featured in the ABC program “20/20″, where several are of the opinion that the girl is faking an illness.