But that all changed 38 years ago. Forced out of hiding to take over her elderly parents' grocery store in Surin province, Ms Duangjai showed Samrong sub-district neighbours and customers her secret: arms...
Ms Duangjai, now 58, suffers from a rare form of macrodystrophia lipomatosa, a gigantism disorder that typically results in one or two abnormally large fingers. In her case, one of just seven known to...
Her right arm weights 13 kilogrammes and her left 10. Her oversized hands make it nearly impossible to dress, to eat, or to serve snacks and drinks at the food cart she operated at a recent sports day...