Noma
May 2nd, 2007
It starts with a white dot on the gum. You know, those annoying canker sores that itch in the mouth. In some countries, it only needs one week to get worse. A hard fever strikes you and if your immune defenses are too weak, it can destroy the hard and soft tissue of your mouth. When it is not treated in time, it perforates your cheek; and if you’re lucky, you’re not part of the 70% to 80% of the victims it kills. But as a survivor, most of the time, you stay disfigured forever.
