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In all, 96% of the warts were removed. [19] 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 to manage the warts. [20]
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. For most of his life, he was shunned for having an unknown disease.
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 ...
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?
Formic acid, topical, is a common treatment for plantar warts, which works by being applied over a period of time, causing the body to reject the wart. [ 17 ] Fluorouracil cream, a chemotherapy agent sometimes used to treat skin cancer , can be used on particularly resistant warts, by blocking viral DNA and RNA production and repair.
Warts are caused by the rapid growth of cells on the outer layer of the skin. [30] While cases of warts have been described since the time of ancient Greece, their viral cause was not known until 1907. [17] Skin warts are most common in childhood and typically appear and regress spontaneously over weeks to months. Recurring skin warts are ...
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