{"id":144698,"date":"2017-01-10T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/tree-man-of-bangladesh-is-cured-of-condition-that-turned-his-hands-into-branch-like-warts-after-16-operations-doctors-hope\/"},"modified":"2017-01-10T10:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:45:26","slug":"tree-man-of-bangladesh-is-cured-of-condition-that-turned-his-hands-into-branch-like-warts-after-16-operations-doctors-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/tree-man-of-bangladesh-is-cured-of-condition-that-turned-his-hands-into-branch-like-warts-after-16-operations-doctors-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tree man&#8217; of Bangladesh is CURED of condition that turned his hands into branch-like warts after 16 operations, doctors hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Abul Bajandar suffered from rare genetic condition dubbed &#8216;tree-man disease&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>He has had 16 operations to remove 11 lbs of growths from his hands and feet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Doctors now hope he could become the first person to be cured of the disease<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Julian Robinson for MailOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<br \/>\nAfp<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  09:05 EST, 6 January 2017<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  02:55 EST, 10 January 2017<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">         168<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Bangladeshi man dubbed the &#8216;tree man&#8217; because of the bark-like warts on his body has undergone  treatment that doctors hope may have cured him of his condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Abul Bajandar has had at least 16 operations to remove 11 lbs of growths from his hands and feet since his condition came to doctors&#8217; attention a year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 27-year-old former rickshaw driver is one of only four people in the world ever to be diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition dubbed &#8216;tree-man disease&#8217; that left him unable to hold his three-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ac7b87068c4d2643\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"768\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Before: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar is looking forward to being able to hold his daughter after some 16 surgeries to remove warts from his body\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ac7b87068c4d2643\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/06\/article-doc-jm7pm-13MVVBQ3Z19dcc41574db12859d7-278_634x768.jpg\" height=\"768\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Before: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar is looking forward to being able to hold his daughter after some 16 surgeries to remove warts from his body\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Before: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar is looking forward to being able to hold his daughter after some 16 surgeries to remove warts from his body<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c3a3713c8f9f6d31\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\" alt=\"After: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar, widely known as 'Tree Man' for his rare disease, has had 16 surgeries to remove the warts covering his body\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c3a3713c8f9f6d31\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/06\/article-doc-jm7pm-13MVVBQ3Z19dcc41574db128466a-822_634x418.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\" alt=\"After: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar, widely known as 'Tree Man' for his rare disease, has had 16 surgeries to remove the warts covering his body\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">After: Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar, widely known as &#8216;Tree Man&#8217; for his rare disease, has had 16 surgeries to remove the warts covering his body<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Bajandar&#8217;s cure was a remarkable milestone in the history of medical science,&#8217; said Samanta Lal Sen, plastic surgery coordinator at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We operated on him at least 16 times to remove the warts. The hands and feet are now almost fine. He will be discharged within next 30 days after a couple of minor surgeries to perfect the shape of his hands,&#8217; Sen said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/12\/28\/16\/3B860F2E00000578-0-image-m-41_1482940884588.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>ME  MY OPERATION: New laser that kills prostate cancer and&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/06\/10\/3BE330D400000578-0-image-a-44_1483698398913.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Parents release shock footage of daughter screaming in agony&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/06\/10\/3BE44C4B00000578-0-image-m-18_1483697192158.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>The woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s aged just 36: Heartbreaking&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sen believes Bajandar could become the first person to be cured of the disease, provided the warts do not grow back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Only last year an Indonesian man died of the rare genetic condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking from his bed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, which has been treating him free of charge, Bajandar said the pain of his condition had been &#8216;unbearable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c3cf596b4e0c815a\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 27-year-old former rickshaw driver is one of only four people in the world ever to be diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition dubbed 'tree-man disease' that left him unable to hold his three-year-old daughter\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c3cf596b4e0c815a\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/08\/3BE2748700000578-4093776-image-a-1_1483949334345.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 27-year-old former rickshaw driver is one of only four people in the world ever to be diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition dubbed 'tree-man disease' that left him unable to hold his three-year-old daughter\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 27-year-old former rickshaw driver is one of only four people in the world ever to be diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition dubbed &#8216;tree-man disease&#8217; that left him unable to hold his three-year-old daughter<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-700b5addc21b8a58\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"825\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-700b5addc21b8a58\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/08\/3BE2747B00000578-4093776-image-a-3_1483949374377.jpg\" height=\"825\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81cf2b07eaefbf8f\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81cf2b07eaefbf8f\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/11\/3BFC270D00000578-4093776-image-m-29_1483960856234.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a634e0c6c1f4882b\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a634e0c6c1f4882b\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/11\/3BFC2C6900000578-4093776-image-a-30_1483960865464.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I never thought I would ever be able to hold my kid with my hands,&#8217; he said, showing a bandaged hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Now I feel so much better, I can hold my daughter in my lap and play with her. I can&#8217;t wait to go back home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bajandar, who comes from a poor village in the southern coastal district of Khulna, became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He met his wife Halima Khatun before he contracted the disease, but it had taken hold by the time they married, against her parents&#8217; wishes.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1572ca7c307464ea\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He met his wife Halima Khatun before he contracted the disease, but it had taken hold by the time they married, against her parents' wishes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1572ca7c307464ea\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/11\/3BFC292200000578-4093776-image-a-26_1483960845499.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He met his wife Halima Khatun before he contracted the disease, but it had taken hold by the time they married, against her parents' wishes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He met his wife Halima Khatun before he contracted the disease, but it had taken hold by the time they married, against her parents&#8217; wishes<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-124ca9b74f23614b\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar initially thought the warts were harmless, but they eventually covered his hands and feet, forcing him to stop working\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-124ca9b74f23614b\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/11\/3BFC2B0500000578-4093776-image-a-27_1483960848582.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar initially thought the warts were harmless, but they eventually covered his hands and feet, forcing him to stop working\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bajandar initially thought the warts were harmless, but they eventually covered his hands and feet, forcing him to stop working<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2cbbee1c985d8de3\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar plans to set up a small business using donations received from well-wishers across the world\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2cbbee1c985d8de3\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/11\/3BFC2C6500000578-4093776-image-a-28_1483960852927.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bajandar plans to set up a small business using donations received from well-wishers across the world\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bajandar plans to set up a small business using donations received from well-wishers across the world<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">All three have lived in the hospital since he was admitted for the first surgery nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He is probably the most loved and longest-staying patient in this hospital,&#8217; said duty doctor Nurun Nahar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bajandar initially thought the warts were harmless, but they eventually covered his hands and feet, forcing him to stop working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now he plans to set up a small business using donations received from well-wishers across the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was so worried about raising my daughter,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I hope the curse won&#8217;t return again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v2\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!-- NOTE: WARNING: render-partial is a function --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/04\/3BF9BC7200000578-0-image-a-105_1483937208451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Trump fires back at Meryl Streep and calls her &#8216;one of the&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/09\/14\/3BFE31D800000578-0-image-a-23_1483970827045.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">PIERS MORGAN: Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/10\/10\/3C041BD200000578-0-image-a-5_1484043840039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Not impressed! 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