Hailing from Yunnan province in China, Jiao Yunlong and Zhang Hui's older son Jiao Tong has Niemann-Pick Type C. Learn more about the Jiao Yunlong family's fight against NPC.
Jiao Tong was once physically active, bringing a basketball to school daily. However, he began to lose his interest in sports and to have difficulty balancing, walking and swallowing.
When Jiao Tong was 12 years old he was hospitalized for a fever, but the doctors couldn't find what was wrong. After many tests, including genetic testing, he was diagnosed with Niemann Pick type C.
In September 2014, Jiao Tong's parents brought him to Taiwan to buy miglustat. However, they could only get a small supply of the drug and they saw no benefit from it.