Apr 15, 2008 02:20 pm I'm going to be really careful now when trying new fruits......
Half man Half tree?
Posted on Apr 15, 2008 01:57 pm
Hujambo
Member Since: Aug 13, 2005
Look at this it's bizarre!!
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Apr 15, 2008 02:20 pm I'm going to be really careful now when trying new fruits......
Apr 15, 2008 02:22 pm I saw that a while ago...disturbing.
Apr 15, 2008 02:27 pm Doctors are trying to get to the root of the problem.
Apr 15, 2008 02:29 pm Is it genetic? Possibly they can look at his family tree.
Apr 15, 2008 02:29 pm Quote:
Doctors are trying to get to the root of the problem.
Boooooooooooo, get off the stage, you suck!
Apr 15, 2008 03:00 pm Hahahaha Hujambo. Was it corny, indeed! But I lol'd none the less.
Apr 15, 2008 03:51 pm Saw the documentary about this guy. His bark is worse than his bite.
Apr 15, 2008 03:52 pm aaaargh...
this thread is gonna be all sappy, isn't it?
Apr 15, 2008 04:25 pm Hey, its the bartender from Cheers!
Apr 15, 2008 05:00 pm Sounds like someone should have gotten a sap smear...
Apr 15, 2008 10:04 pm I heard it started with a-corn on his foot.
Then it branched out to other parts.
Apr 15, 2008 10:24 pm Back to being serious...
I had seen this video a while ago, and seem to remember something about them saying that HPV was the cause, anyone know anything about that?
Apr 16, 2008 04:12 am i remember this from last year. this is one of the most terrible things i ever saw online. it's beyond disfiguring, and it woould suck--he's a real guy in there somewhere, damn it.
damn, i hope it goes away.
Apr 16, 2008 08:43 am Yeah, he caught some infection from picking off a corn, or scab or something as I recall...some really rare, bizarre infection to which he lacked immunity and it festered in even a weirder way...
just strange...and disturbing.
Apr 16, 2008 09:15 am Apparently there are about 200 cases in the world.
Apr 16, 2008 09:36 am This from another article:
A 35-year-old Indonesian man named Dede suffered a simple cut as a teenager and thereafter began growing tree-like warts all over his body. The warts soon worsened into mossy, branching growths, virtually incapacitating him. His wife left him, he was out of a job, and he was made the village freak. Doctors could never figure out what Dede’s condition was, and the growths worsened with each passing year. It wasn’t until an American dermatologist traveled to see Dede’s odd growths and cutaneous horns that the proper diagnosis was made: Dede was simply suffering from HPV, or human papilloma virus. HPV causes warts (frequently of the genital variety) and is quite common in humans. Unfortunately for Dede, he happens to have a rare genetic flaw that causes his immune system to be as weak as someone with AIDS. The chances of this genetic fault? Less than one in a million. Fortunately for Dede, proper treatment and several surgeries offer the promise of a normal life. The doctor is also trying to get more American support for this special patient. Good luck, Dede!
Apr 16, 2008 10:15 am According to the documentary I saw, in the end, he was offered a chance for a treatment that could seriously help his condition, and he refused it and returned to working in a freak show.
Apr 16, 2008 02:02 pm well... if you read the link I posted he is currently going though surgeries.
updates
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...16/wtree116.xml
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