Bangladesh’s ‘tree man’ wants hands amputated: Everything to know about the rare disease | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Bangladesh’s ‘tree man’ wants hands amputated: Everything to know about the rare disease | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 27, 2019 11:11:30 am

Bangladesh’s ‘tree man’ wants hands amputated: Everything to know about the rare disease

As an inherited condition, it makes a person highly susceptible to infections caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Fewer than half a dozen people around the world are believed to have the tree man syndrome. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Dubbed as a ‘tree man’ due to the bark-like growths on his body, Bangladesh’s Abul Bajandar suffers from a rare genetic condition called Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis (EV). He has been living with the condition for more than two decades now and has undergone 25 operations since 2016 to remove the growths from his hands and feet. But the condition relapsed with some growths becoming several inches long. Bajandar, who is in his late 20s has said that he wants his hands amputated to relieve him of the unbearable pain.