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In all, 96% of the warts were removed. [18] The surgery was documented by the Discovery Channel and TLC in the episode "Treeman: Search for the Cure". [citation needed] However, his warts returned and he was thought to require two surgeries per year for the rest of his life in order to manage the warts. [19]
Dede Koswara (1971 – January 30, 2016), also known as the "Tree Man", was an Indonesian carpenter with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a rare disease that causes the human papillomavirus (HPV) to grow uncontrollably, leading to the development of warts resembling tree bark. He received criticism from the people around him for having an ...
Warts can be difficult to treat, Schultz says, because the HPV virus is good at “living under the surface of the skin and kind of avoiding detection from your immune system.”
Dhaka's Medical College Hospital recently helped relieve Abul Bajandar's hands of 11 lbs of the bark-like warts. ... running tests to decipher if the young girl suffers from the rare disease. If ...
Warts can also spread through fomites, or surfaces where the virus that causes warts can live for a short time, Thompson explains. Examples of fomites are towels, razors and damp shower floors.
It's my opinion the treeman section should be put into its own article, as he is suffering a completely different disease. The redirect of "treeman" causes search results to be returned incorrectly to this disease.Nickrz 16:50, 19 October 2010 (UTC) Sources for the claim that it is a different disease?
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Hand warts are an easily contractible skin condition that can be passed at even the most mundane of moments, from shaking someone’s hand to sharing towels at the pool.. Warts on hands are caused ...