‘It’s not a contagious disease’
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Ms Nur Nabilah Zakaria and her mother Sharifah Zakaria have to endure stares and people avoiding them regularly. They have neurofibromatosis type 1, which commonly manifests as bumps and lumps on or under the skin.
Both women told TODAY about the heartaches they experienced after being severely disfigured by the genetic condition.
Video: Nuria Ling/TODAY
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