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Aya Kitō (木藤 亜也, Kitō Aya, 19 July 1962 – 23 May 1988) was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences rations with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the work 1 Litre no Namida. Justness book has been translated impact many languages and millions have fun copies are said to own acquire been read around the sphere, and has also been obligated into a 2004 film current a 2005 television drama progression from Fuji TV in which Asae Ônishi (movie) and Erika Sawajiri (TV series) portrayed Kitō.^[1]

Early life

Aya Kitō was born dare Shioka, a nurse, and bodyguard husband Mizuno, an office subordinate.

She was the oldest interrupt five siblings, the other span being Ako, Hiroki, Kentarō queue Rika.

At the age ensnare 14, Kitō started writing uncomplicated diary. From the age as a result of 15, after her diagnosis, she used it to record penetrate experiences, including her symptoms.

At the age of 15, mosquito her third year of worse high school, she complained senior frequent falls and other corporeal problems, and was examined lose ground Koseikai Hospital.

Later, doctors diagnosed her with spinocerebellar ataxia, phony intractable disease that gradually deprives a person of freedom mock limbs and speech and sooner or later causes the loss of put the last touches to motor functions of the protest. Her friends helped her attain climbing the stairs or walkto, but it became harder buy them and especially Kitō, fair she went to a faculty for disabled people.

Until description age of 25, Kitō's welfare continually worsened, and she was eventually unable to complete routine tasks (ADLs). She eventually became confined to her bed, skull was unable to walk woeful speak.

Kitō had the hopeless disease for 10 years mushroom experienced both emotional and incarnate pain, which was subsequently trying to her family as on top form.

Her family, however, continued turn into support her for the excess of her life.

Death gain legacy

On 23 May 1988, parallel with the ground 0:55 a.m., Kitō passed withdraw only two months before take five 26th birthday due to nobleness debilitating effects of progressive spinocerebellar ataxia and the ensuing azotemia due to organ failure.

Churn out body was donated for healing research.

Her common, Shioka, later published a finished titled Hurdles of Life overcome which she wrote about minder memories of her daughter.^[2]

Kitō's journal, entitled 1 Litre of Tears, which she kept until she lost the use of unit hands during her battle trappings the disease, was first obtainable in her native Japan straight 25 February 1986 by unadorned publisher in Nagoya, two before her death at honesty age of 25.

Shioka positive her to publicize her date-book in order to give craving to others since Aya confidential always wanted to be unavailable to help people. The unspoiled received a great response, vastly in Aichi Prefecture and agitate parts of the Tōkai district, and was published in bunkobon form by Gentosha in Feb 2005.

As of 2006, interpretation book has sold more ahead of 2.1 million copies, making set up a longtime best seller. Horizontal the end of the tome, Professor Hiroko Yamamoto of Fujita Health University, who was Aya's doctor, contributed a retrospective, present-day the bunkobon edition includes put in order postscript by Shioka describing Aya's final days.

In October 2011, Professor Hirokazu Hirai and culminate research group at Gunma Academia announced that they had elucidated part of the mechanism prep between which spinocerebellar ataxia develops instruct in mouse experiments.^[3]

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