Bangladesh Man Cured After Undergoing 16 Surgeries
A dad dubbed tree man has undergone ground-breaking surgery to remove 5kg worth of bark-like warts from his hands.
A dad dubbed tree man has undergone ground-breaking surgery to remove 5kg worth of bark-like warts from his hands.
‘Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is a rare skin disorder commonly known as the tree man illness, which covers limbs with warts, making them look like tree branches.’
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Khatun could be the first female in the country to be afflicted with the tree-man syndrome, after Abul Bajandar, who made news around the world with the long wooden-wart like outgrowths. "This appears to be similar to Tree man disease that affected Abul Bajandar, hailing from Khulna," Samanta Lal Sen, coordinator of Dhaka Medical College Hospital's Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, told The Daily Star.
Khatun will be treated at the same hospital an5d a six-member medical board will be formed to assess her illness. "At the age of one, she appeared to have what was then thought to be prickly heat rashes on her face. These started to grow about three years back," her father said.
Four-Year-Old Bangladeshi Boy With 'Old Man' Illness Baffles Doctors
Bayezid Shikdar, a four-year-old Bangladeshi boy is suffering from a mysterious illness that makes him look like an old man.
Bayezid Shikdar, a four-year-old Bangladeshi boy is suffering from a mysterious illness that makes him look like an old man.
Bajandar is suffering from epidermodysplasia verruciformis, a rare skin disorder commonly known as the tree man illness, which covers limbs with warts, making them look like tree branches. He is believed to be the fourth man in the world with the illness.
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Four Year Old Bangladeshi Toddler Looks Like An 80 Year Old
A four year old Bangladeshi boy suffers from Progeria, a disease that ages the body at eight times the normal rate.
A four year old Bangladeshi boy suffers from Progeria, a disease that ages the body at eight times the normal rate.
Twenty Million Bangladeshis Drinking Arsenic-Laced Water
Bangladesh had failed to take the basic steps needed to tackle arsenic water contamination, which kills an estimated 43,000 rural Bangladeshis every year.
Bangladesh had failed to take the basic steps needed to tackle arsenic water contamination, which kills an estimated 43,000 rural Bangladeshis every year.
