A rare 'tree human disease' in Bangladesh!

The Dhaka Times Desk A rare human disease has been found in Bangladesh! This is the first time such a rare disease has been discovered in Bangladesh.

The patient suffering from this rare disease has been brought to the capital Dhaka for treatment. Abul Bajandar, a 25-year-old man, has been suffering from this rare disease for almost a decade. Due to which some parts of his hands and feet are deformed and take the form of tree roots.

Abul Bajandar is in Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College. His hands are resting on his lap, the rest of the wrists are distorted in such a way that, if only the hands are seen, they look like the roots of a tree. This disease has also spread to some parts of the legs. Doctors said that this rare disease is known as tree man disease.

Abul Bajandar is a van driver. However, due to this disease, he is not able to do any work for the last 6 years. He said, 'First there were small pimples. Since then I have been seeing doctors in villages, Khulna and even in Kolkata. But still the disease did not decrease without increasing. Currently, the doctor has said that an operation will be required.

Abul Bajandar's house is at Paikgacha in Khulna. After being affected by the disease for the last 10 years, various treatments including homeopathy did not give any results. Went to India 5 years ago. Doctors advised surgery there but it was not done due to lack of money. Finally, when he was taken to a hospital in Khulna with the help of a journalist, a medical board of that hospital advised him to be admitted to the burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College.

Dr. coordinator of burn unit of DMK. Samant Lal Sen told the media that they will now form a medical board and try to restore this patient's hand to some normal condition through surgery. He said, 'This is called epidermo dysplasia verrucoformis. This disease is caused by a virus. Our first impression is that the patient's hand needs to be fixed. Then other tests have to be done.' Dr. Sen says, to his knowledge, there are only two recorded cases of the disease in the world so far. One of them is in Indonesia and the other is in Romania.