L'uomo albero esiste!

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Io sinceramente sono rimasto abbastanza sconvolto...

Spero poi diffondano i risultati degli studi cui verrà presumibilmente sottoposto.

[Prestige]

senza parole veramente

[simonepietro]

papilloma virus . Viene chiaramente detto nel video. Già il vittoriano Elephant man aveva la pelle affetta da tale malattia oltre a tutte le altre disgrazie

[SaiKiSono]

senza parole veramente

quoto...

[nunoHGT]

:shock:

[jeby]

After testing samples of the lesions and Dede's blood, Dr Anthony Gaspari, of the University of Maryland, concluded that his affliction is caused by the human papilloma virus, a fairly common infection that usually causes small warts to develop. Dede's problem is that he has a rare genetic fault that impedes his immune system. The virus was therefore able to "hijack" the cellular machinery of his skin cells ordering them to produce huge amounts of the substance that caused the tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns" on his hands and feet.

Dede's counts of a key type of white blood cell are so low that Dr Gaspari initially suspected he may have the AIDS virus. But tests showed he did not.

Dede's condition was something far more mysterious. Warts aside, he had enjoyed remarkable good health throughout his life.Dr Gaspari, who became involved through a Discovery Channel documentary, believes that Dede's condition can be largely cleared up by a daily doses of a synthetic form of vitamin A, which has been shown to arrest the growth of warts in severe cases of human papilloma virus.

"He won't have a perfectly normal body, but the warts should reduce in size to the point where he could use his hands," Dr Gaspari said.

"Over the course of three to six months the warts should become smaller and fewer in number. He will be living a more normal life."

After that, the most resilient warts could be frozen off, and the growths on his hands and feet surgically removed.

Da The Age (il bold l'ho messo io)

Insomma, un caso pazzesco di verruche abnormi..... :shock:

Per fortuna sembra che la il tizio guarirà!