The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet
- Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, suffers from a rare skin disorder known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis
- Condition means that wart-like lesions, resembling tree branches and bark, grow from his hands and feet
- Medics have now come together to discuss treatment - seven years after he began suffering from the disorder
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital.
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years.
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, in Bangladesh, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, where tree-lie roots grow from his hands
The rare inherited skin disorder means gnarled growths sprout from his hands and feet. Medics will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts in Bangladesh
Mr Bajandar sits on his bad at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as medics come together to discuss possible treatments for him
The skin condition, which is in inherited, cases wart-like lesions on the body. The lesions are pictured on Mr Bajandar's feet above
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today.
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today.
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna.
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death.
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body.
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world.
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working.
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year.
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet.
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment.
On duty doctors from a burns unit are expected to visit Mr Bajandar, who is pictured lying on a hospital bed in Dhaka
The ricksaw-van puller, who has been suffering from the rare skin disorder for seven years, is checked over by a doctor at the hospital
Mr Bajandar was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) today with the condition, which he has suffered from for seven years
The condition means that branch-like growths sprout from Mr Bajandar's hands, which are placed on a hospital bed above
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Hope they can do something for this poor man.
by Gran1953 3462