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Latest condition of Root Man from Indonesia

Here, i'm gonna report about latest condition of indonesian Root Man.

Dede (39) or more well-known as Root Man from Indonesia, has become world phenomena in medicine. Dede is diagnosed having "epidermo displacia veruciformis" or skin warts with "giant cutaneous horn" and he is the one and only in the world.

Dede also has an immunodefficiency, that his body lack of CD4, that makes that virus rapidly growth and spread to entire of his body.

Many dermatology experts are coming to see him, and learn from him. One of them is Prof. Anthony Gaspari from Maryland USA, he also give some medication to Dede. But the medications was stopped a few months after be gave because of damaging Dede's kidney.

After, dede's treatment is based on Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, Indonesia. He received not only medication but also surgery to remove that warts from his body.

Interesting Facts
"Information from Dede's family, about 40% of his ointment (Salicylic Acid) was being used by his neighbors," Rahmat Dinata said, one of surgery team that manage Dede's case in Hasan Sadikin Hospital.

Dede's ointment is useful to remove anykind of warts from human skin. By thinning the upper most layer of epidermis.

But, the ointment won't cure it 100% because Dede's body is lack of immune protection.Until now, there is no drug that can stop the growth of virus in Dede's body.

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October 31st 2010 @ 04:15

Posted By: yulius hermanto - Category: General Health Issues, Rare Case in Medicine, Skin Care

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Iron Woman, A Rare Case

Introduction
I will report to you a rare case in my country, just like Dede 'the Root Man'. But this case is a different disease, maybe you can name her as Iron Woman. Why? You will know later on. It is also very interesting case because it challenge our knowledge, brain, science to explain the condition that happened.

The Report
Noer Syaidah (41), a woman that being known as a teacher at Al-Wardah Kindegarten in East Kutai District, East Borneo, Indonesia. She suffers a strange disease that hundreds of wires shed out of her belly. Even, there are two wires that being embed on her chest.

"Has been uncountable the amount of wires that come out from my belly. Everytime wire falls, i collect it, even some has been taken by my doctor," She said.
She has suffered the disease since 1991. It began when she felt abdominal discomfort, at that time, she thought that was a common abdominal problems. But, it began to show the strange when wire came out from her belly suddenly. She felt shock and couldn't imagine when saw an iron wire came from her belly, at first time. She hided it from her family.
After suffers for long time, she began to search cure for the disease, from medical, alternative, and supranatural.

She also had ever been operated for her disease, with the Imaging guided surgery, she had laparotomy, process took long times because the wires kept moving, looks like know that is going to remove. The surgery didn't solve the problem because it only removed small wires, big wires still in her body.
In 2006, this disease was getting worse, and gave more strange conditions. "Everytime close to my birthday, January 9th, the wires increase," she said.

The Cure?
The disease that being suffered by Noer Syaidah (41) is a new disease and first time occurs on the world. In medical knowledge, there is no reference or literature for the disease. You may not believe it, but you will suprise when you see it.
There is no explanation, how can an iron wire be produced by human body. A surgeon, who takes care of her now, believes that this disease can be cured by surgery.

The spiritual explanation, she ever went to a paranormal (shaman), the shaman explain to her that she is being voodoo by someone, and she should leave Samarinda (the city that she lived), it's better if cross the ocean. She tried it, and it works the symptoms milder, the wires didn't come out for about 5 years. But when she came back to Samarinda, the symptoms became worse than before.

I don't know whether this is medical field or mystique field. But this is irrational, out of logic. But, for information, in my country, believe to supranatural power is still preserved. So maybe the cause is voodoo.

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May 9th 2009 @ 16:40

Posted By: yulius hermanto - Category: Rare Case in Medicine

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Tree or Root Man, What cause it?

Introduction
It's a very rare case of disease. It happen in my country, Indonesia. I will describe the disease, explain what caused it.

Tree or Root man, has become Dede's nickname. He suffers disseminated skin disease since he was 17 years old. Dede 'the root man' lives in Cililin Bandung District, West Java, Indonesia has become world phenomenon.

It begins from:
A man with strange skin disease was discovered in West Java by Discovery Channel. Then Dede was brought him to famous dermatologist and immunologist from US, Anthony Gaspari.

Anthony Gaspari surprised when saw dede at first time at Dede's house. Dede's skin disease has spread already, that make an appearance like a root of tree that stick outward from both of his hands and feet. “This warts began to grow and slowly radiate after my knee being scratch in an accident when i was a teenager.” Dede said, citated from Discovery Channel, Friday (16/11/2007).

Because of the disease, Dede was being insult by people who live in that area and got a nickname 'Root Man'. Since few years ago, Dede couldn't live normally because of the disease. And more tragic things are he being sacked from his workplace, also be divorced by his wife.

But, he still lives with his two daughters. His daughters already gave up for searching cure for their father. Besides financial problems, Dede's family said that the doctors in that area didn't know about therapy for the disease.
For daily needs, Dede joined 'strange man' show group that a group of people with rare physical abnormality. That group run a show of strange man and earn money from people who watch them.

His Abnormality
After having laboratory test on Dede's disease, Anthony Gaspari, concluded that Dede's disease was caused by HPV (Human Papiloma Virus). Actually, HPV usually be found in several skin diseases and also causative factor for cervical cancer.
What caused that virus grow wildly in Dede's body?
It looks like that Dede also has rare genetic abnormality, that gene is responsible for immune system. So Dede has weak immunity that couldn't protect against those warts.

“Because anomaly in that immune system, HPV can easily control cells in Dede's skin,” Gaspari stated, Professor in Faculty of Medicine in Maryland University, US.

At first, Gaspari considered Dede had AIDS because some of key components in leucocyte count was very low. But, then laboratory test shows that Dede didn't suffer AIDS. Even, Dede had very rare and mysterious immunity, because the only problem is his warts, overall physical condition is good.

“Usually, a person with low immunity is easy to be infected or get a disease. Also, nobody from his parents and siblings show that signs," Gaspari said.

Hopes for Cure
Because this disease caused by HPV infection, there is a hope it can be cured. Usually synthetic vitamin A can cease HPV growth in many cases.
It is clear that Dede won't have normal body like before. But, his warts will decrease a lot so he can have better functions of hands and feet.
Until now, Dede is diagnosed to have Epidermodisplasia veruciformis and giant cutaneous horn caused by HPV.
Dede also had already been operated on his hands in order to reduce weight and to reduce warts size.

Our Human Body has a lot mysterious things inside it.

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April 28th 2009 @ 02:05

Posted By: yulius hermanto - Category: Rare Case in Medicine

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