Treating a condition with no cure
By LEILANIE ADRIANO LAOAG CITY—Alainrey Gamit Barroga needs a botox injection soon, and not because he is vain. The 38-year-old artist was diagnosed with X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP) locally known as “lubag,” an inherited neurodegenerative condition affecting mostly males that can only be treated but for which there is no known cure.