Bangladesh's 'Tree man' who suffers from rare skin disease returns to hospital as condition worsens

Bangleshi man named Abul Bajandar, popularly kwn as "Tree Man", suffers from a rare disease called epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) which causes heavy bark-like growths on his hands and feet.

He has undergone 25 surgeries since 2016 to remove large, heavy warts from his hands and feet at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. However, he has presented himself at hospital again because growths have returned again.

He was remitted to hospital on Sunday after his condition deteriorated, with growths w covering almost entirety of his hands and feet, 28-year-old said.

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While doctors were on verge of declaring ir treatment successful earlier when y treated him, a sudden relapse prompted Bajandar to flee clinic in May without tifying staff. 

"I me a mistake by leaving hospital. I sought alternative treatment but could t find any. I w I understand I should have stayed and continued treatment here," Bajandar said.

Samanta Lal Sen, a plastic surgeon at hospital, said doctors would resume treatment "very soon", ding growths h spre to or parts of his body.

"I requested Bajandar to return as soon as possible. w we have to start from very beginning. We'll have to conduct more surgeries," Sen told a news ncy.

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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also promise to provide free treatment for Bajandar after his plight captured sympathies of country. Far of one child, he lived in hospital's expensive private cabin with his wife and daughter for nearly two years during his first round of treatment. 

Plastic surgeon Samanta Lal Sen ded that fewer than half a dozen people worldwide have  disease. His hospital also treated a young Bangleshi girl suffering from same condition in 2017.

However, while doctors declared her surgery a success in 2017, her far later revealed that her growths h returned in even greater numbers, prompting family to halt treatment and return to ir vill.

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(With ncy inputs)