Meet ‘Tree Man’, the young man with branch-like limbs

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Abul, a younger man who suffers from an uncontrollable ‘tree-like’ progress, was instructed he solely had one possibility by docs in an episode of Body Bizarre.

In the collection – which you’ll be able to watch free of charge on 9Now – Abul, who was 25 on the time of filming, defined how one of many world’s rarest illnesses has affected his on a regular basis life.

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“Sometimes I wonder why God has given me such a dreadful condition,” he instructed cameras.

To paint an image, Abul has large branch-like constructions encasing his fingers and ft. Without correct therapy, his illness would solely unfold.

“It makes me uncomfortable that I cannot stand or sit in one place. It just drives me crazy,” he mentioned.

You can hear extra of Abul’s story within the video above.

Nicknamed ‘Tree Man’, Abul lives with a particularly uncommon situation referred to as epidermodysplasia verruciformis, which causes HPV to develop uncontrollably and results in the event of warts resembling tree bark.

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The debilitating illness meant Abul could not work, feed himself and even go to the bathroom alone.

“I feel awful about my fate,” mentioned the younger man from Bangladesh.

“People suffer from different illnesses, they get well or they die. That’s the end of their suffering,” he mentioned.

Abul is married, and has a three-year-old daughter. He hopes to at some point present for his household, not to mention use his fingers for the primary time in 5 years.

“My own hands and legs are a burden,” he mentioned.

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For the primary time docs hoped to carry out a life altering surgical procedure by eradicating Abul’s growths and separate two or three fingers.

His physician, Dr Samanta Lal Sen, mentioned he had by no means seen a affected person like Abul. But their analysis, not way back, revealed an analogous case in Indonesia.

In truth, the illness is so uncommon, it had solely been seen earlier than 4 occasions worldwide on the time of filming.

You can hear extra in regards to the distinctive case within the video under.

Abul was instructed that surgical procedure was the one choice to take away his extreme growths. But getting into the unknown, the surgical procedure had its dangers.

Head of cosmetic surgery, Prof Abul Kalam, was additionally involved about Abul’s general health for surgical procedure. Mainly his ” chronic malnutrition.”

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Ultimately they got here to a choice that may hopefully assist Abul obtain his one dream: “To do something for the future of my baby daughter,” he shared.

To discover out what determination the docs got here to, watch Abul’s full story on Body Bizarre within the episode ‘Tree Man’ on 9Now.

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