A mum-of-two's leg ballooned to 9.4st due to a mystery disease which struck after the birth of her youngest daughter.

Rezia Begum, 40, is in hospital seeking answers to her debilitating condition which she has suffered with for 18 years.

Pictures captured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh show Rezia bedridden with her exposed leg covered in growths.

Rezia said she has visited doctors about her condition but is yet to receive proper treatment.

She said: "I was like any other normal woman but now I’m a burden on my poor family."

Dr Shamanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of Bangladesh’s burn units said she suspects Rezia has elephantiasis.

But she said she couldn't be exactly sure until the outcome of tests and surgery.

The parasitic disease, also known as elephant’s foot disease, impairs the lymphatic system which can lead to abnormal sized body parts.

Elephantiasis is transmitted by mosquito bites.

According to the World Health Organization, 947 million people in 54 countries worldwide remain threatened by the condition.

In May last year, Brazilian man Raimundo, from Sao Jose, told how he was left almost paralysed as a result of a mosquito bite more than 20 years ago which caused his leg to balloon in size.

According to wildlife documentary River Monsters, the leg began to decrease in size when Raimundo was treated at a clinic.