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Kiloweise Tree-like growths removed Baummann after 16 operations shortly before hospital discharge
Abul Bajandar suffers from an extremely rare skin disease. In the spring of last year it was reported that the patient with the so-called "tree-man disease" is a little better. Now the 27-year-old from Bangladesh is about to be released from hospital - after 16 operations.
Extremely rare genetic skin disease
Bangladeshi-born Abul Bajandar, 27, is suffering from the extremely rare genetic skin disease epidermodysplasia verruciformis, which is associated with increased susceptibility to human papillomavirus (HPV). As a result of HPV infection, it can lead to scaly patches of skin and nodules, especially on the hands and feet, which can sometimes take gigantic proportions. After it was reported in the spring of last year that the treatment of the patient showed initial success, he is now close to discharge from the clinic.
In the extremely rare "tree-man disease" it comes to growths on feet and hands, which sometimes take gigantic proportions. In one affected person in Bangladesh, around five kilos of tissue were removed in 16 operations. Soon he can leave the clinic. Patient may go home soon
Abul Bajandar, known worldwide as a "tree man" for bark-like growths on his hands and feet, will soon be released from the hospital after 16 operations, according to a report by the news agency AFP.
The surgeon Samanta Lal Sen reported that the patient could go home in the next four weeks. It is said that Bajandar's hands and feet are "almost fine". According to the information, only minor interventions are needed to "perfect the shape of his hands".
Five kilograms of excess tissue removed
The doctors at the Dhaka University Hospital have freed the hands and feet of the former rickshaw driver in the costly, free of charge treatment for five kilograms of superfluous tissue.
The medical Sen spoke in connection with the successful treatment of a "milestone in the history of medicine." If the growths do not recur, Bajandar would be the first person to be cured of the disease.
Only last year, a man in Indonesia had died from the genetic skin disease.
Hopefully the "curse" will not return
Bajandar has been living in the clinic for nearly a year with his wife and three-year-old daughter, and looks forward to returning to his home village in the Khulna district.
"I never thought that I could take my child with my hands," said the 27-year-old, who still has a bandaged hand, according to a report by the British "Guardian". "Now I'm feeling much better, I can take my daughter on my lap and play with her. I can not wait to go home. "
"He is probably the most popular and the longest lying here patient," said the physician Nurun Nahar.
Bajandar, who has become a little celebrity with his illness, now wants to start his own business with donations from benefactors from around the world. Previously, he had "so worried" about the future of his daughter, but now he hopes that the "curse" does not return. (Ad)