quinta-feira, 4 de fevereiro de 2016

Drama 'man-tree' mobilizes doctors

            Young has rare and incurable genetic disease


Abul Bajandar, 26, is known as "man-tree". After 10 years of seeing grow in your hands and feet huge wart-shaped shell, it must finally undergo surgery to remove the deformities.



The newspaper "The Daily Star", he says feel intense pain when moving feet because of warts, which weigh up to 5kg.

"Maybe we can not provide an absolute cure, but maybe we can at least try to leave their functional hands," said Dr Samanta Lal Sen publication.

Rare and not contagious

There are only four people in the world identified with the disease, called epidermodysplasia verruciformis, or "disease-man's tree."
A failure of the immune system causes the non-contagious disease that increases vulnerability to human papillomavirus (HPV).

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