The boy with the 20lb head: Two-year-old's skull is the size of a football because of excess fluid on his brain

Emon, from southern Bangladesh, has a head that weighs 20 lbs (9kg) - the same weight as an average one-year-old boy (left and right, with his father). 


He suffers from hydrocephalus - a build up of fluid inside the skull - which could lead to brain damage if left untreated. The huge weight of his head leaves the toddler unable to talk, walk or even move his limbs - meaning his parents have to take care of him constantly (left, being fed). Doctors have told Emon's parents if he is taken abroad for foreign treatment, medics could help him. But they say they are too poor to go to another country, so their son's future is 'hopeless'.