The Tree Man of Java--Story and Pics

[pookieman]

Sex caused this.....just remember that next time u jump into the cyatty bare

 

[razorsharp510]

reminds me of a human the Thing.. thats super weird

 

[ras clot 89]

Originally Posted by swendro88

I did this after seeing the pic. I didn't even read yet.

 

[powfo]

I, mean there are some weird conditions out there, but having tree bark growing on you?
Yo it's not TREE BARK.

Read this real quick. It'll explain a lot. But yes, that man looks disgusting.

His hands and feet resemble clumps of branches and his body is covered with unsightly brown welts that could pass for bark. Now Dede, who is 36 and lives near Bandung in West Java, Indonesia, has finally learned what causes the growths that have afflicted him since the age of 18 - and a possible way to treat them.

After analysing samples of Dede's tissue and blood, Anthony Gaspari at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore has discovered that they are caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) - which also causes ordinary warts.

People are normally able to clear HPV within a year. Gaspari thinks Dede is unable to because he suffers from a rare immune deficiency caused by the inheritance of two defective genes and resulting in abnormally low numbers of protective white blood cells called CD4 cells. Yet Dede has never suffered from any other illness. The strain of HPV also seems to be unusually virulent.

Now that they know the cause of the growths, it may be possible to thwart the virus with extra doses of vitamin A. Gaspari says that although the condition is extremely rare, a similar case emerged earlier this year in China. The investigation into Dede's condition will be aired on the Discovery Channel in the UK on 15 November.