Fifteen-year-old Chinese teenage boy, named Fu Wengui, was born with an unusually long neck. Doctors who examined him say that this anatomical quirky condition is due to the fact that he has more vertebrae than what is considered normal. It appears Fu Wengui was born with a number of spinal conditions, including scoliosis, but the most startling is his long neck, which accommodates for as many as 10 vertebrae. By comparison, regular people have only 7 vertebrae in their necks, say specialists..
The boy's 50-year-old father Fu Genyou in an interview explained he does not want doctors to do their best to shorten his son's neck only to look normal and fit in. On the contrary, Fu Genyou said that the boy needs this surgery for medical reasons. At the age of six, Wengui was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis and an abnormal chest frame. Congenital scoliosis, wherein a person's spine takes…
