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11-16-2009, 09:20 AM
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Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: Treeman Disease, Dede, Indonesia
Dede, a 37-year-old Indonesian man with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, had undergone nine operations at Hasan Sadikin hospital in Bandung, West Java, by August 2008. The operations removed about 13 pounds of warts, around 95% of the growths. His doctor said his quality of life had improved, but he could not be fully cured and the warts might regrow. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, often called tree man disease, is a rare, usually inherited skin disorder that causes persistent brown plaques and warty lesions. It involves an abnormal susceptibility to human papillomavirus, or HPV, and is usually caused by mutations in the EVER1 or EVER2 genes. Lesions generally begin in childhood. The condition is lifelong: growths can be removed, but new ones continue to form. Some lesions develop into skin cancers, and sun exposure increases that risk. |
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04-07-2010, 10:05 PM
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Re: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: Treeman Disease, Dede, Indonesia
Found this to be both cool and fascinating. This man has hands and feet that look like contorted tree branches. For 20 years, he has lived like this. He has warts all over his body that look like the moss that forms on trees out in the forest. The growths on his body make up over twelve pounds of his weight and he only weighs 100 pounds. After only a few steps he would become tired because of the density of the growths. It is believed that this defect was caused by an HPV virus. There are two types of HPV. The first one can cause cervical cancer and the other can cause warts on the skin. This is what the doctor’s feel he has. The warts started to appear after he received a cut on his skin as a teenager. It has become out of control since then. The skin has infections happening and bugs living in his skin. He has a weak immune system and the virus took over because of it.   · |
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04-08-2010, 03:10 PM
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Re: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: Treeman Disease, Dede, Indonesia
I've seen this. It's The Tree Man. I wonder if he's a "picker." You know what I mean... Yeah. Pick pick pick.
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04-19-2010, 10:53 AM
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Re: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: Treeman Disease, Dede, Indonesia
Yeah, he had a 'good' brother-in-law who used to wash and dress him. The Discovery Channel has his documentaries on often. I thought whatever they cut off, just grew back? Have they finally cured him? Poor guy... will never know what 'self love' is!  I can't see the B-I-L being that helpful!!!
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05-22-2010, 09:56 AM
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Re: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: Treeman Disease, Dede, Indonesia
An Indonesian man who suffers from a rare disease which causes tree-like growths all over his body.
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