Type I Mucopolisacaridosis (MPS1), commonly known as Hurler\u2019s syndrome, is a hereditary disease of the metabolism affecting one in 175,000 live births, placing it directly in the category of rare diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to neurological deterioration, life expectancy of children born with Hurler\u2019s syndrome rarely exceeds nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ignacio Utrilla, \u2018Nacho\u2019, is seven years old and lives in Pulgar, a small town near Toledo. He was diagnosed with Hurler\u2019s syndrome when he turned one and ever since, the disease has afflicted the lives of him and his family, roaming from one hospital to the next in a quest for solutions for an illness virtually unknown to anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Type I Mucopolisacaridosis (MPS1), commonly known as Hurler\u2019s syndrome, is a hereditary disease of the metabolism affecting one in 175,000 live births, placing it directly in the category of rare diseases. Due to neurological deterioration, life expectancy of children born with Hurler\u2019s syndrome rarely exceeds nine years. Ignacio Utrilla, \u2018Nacho\u2019, is seven years old and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4508,"menu_order":360,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"edicion":[202],"class_list":["post-4512","finalistas","type-finalistas","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edicion-202"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n