Manusia Pohon?

[MimiHitam]

Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured

By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 2:38am GMT 16/11/2007

An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.

Dede, now 35, baffled medical experts when warty "roots" began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.

The welts spread across his body unchecked and soon he was left unable to carry out everyday household tasks.

Sacked from his job and deserted by his wife, Dede has been raising his two children - now in their late teens - in poverty, resigned to the fact that local doctors had no cure for his condition.

To make ends meet he even joined a local "freak show", parading in front of a paying audience alongside victims of other peculiar diseases.

Although supported by his extended family, he was often a target of abuse and ridicule in his rural fishing village.

But now an American dermatology expert who flew out to Dede's home village south of the capital Jakarta claims to have identified his condition, and proposed a treatment that could transform his life.

After testing samples of the lesions and Dede's blood, Dr Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland concluded that his affliction is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes small warts to develop on sufferers.

Dede's problem is that he has a rare genetic fault that impedes his immune system, meaning his body is unable to contain the warts.

The virus was therefore able to "hijack the cellular machinery of his skin cells", ordering them to produce massive amounts of the substance that caused the tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns" on his hands and feet.

Dede's counts of a key type of white blood cell are so low that Dr Gaspari initially suspected he may have the Aids virus.

But tests showed he did not, and it became clear that Dede's immune condition was something far rarer and more mysterious.

Warts aside, he had enjoyed remarkable good health throughout his life - which would not be expected of someone with a suppressed immune system - and neither his parents nor his siblings have shown signs of developing lesions.

"The likelihood of having his deficiency is less than one in a million," Dr Gaspari told the Telegraph.

Dr Gaspari, who became involved in the case through a Discovery Channel documentary, believes that Dede's condition can be largely cleared up by a daily doses of a synthetic form of Vitamin A, which has been shown to arrest the growth of warts in severe cases of HPV.

"He won't have a perfectly normal body but the warts should reduce in size to the point where he could use his hands," Dr Gaspari said.

"Over the course of three to six months the warts should be come smaller and fewer in number. He will be living a more normal life."

The most resilient warts could then be frozen off and the growths on his hands and feet surgically removed.

Dr Gaspari hopes to get the necessary drugs free of charge from pharmaceutical firms. They would then be administered by Indonesian doctors under his supervision.

Still intrigued by the origins of Dede's peculiar immune condition, the doctor would like to fly him to the United States for further examination, but fears the financial and bureaucratic barriers would prove too difficult to overcome.

"I would like to bring him to the US to run tests on where his immune condition has come from, but I would need funding and to get him a visa as well as someone to cover the costs of the tests," he said.

"I've never seen anything like this in my entire career."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2/wtree112.xml

Kondisi langka ini disebabkan oleh rendahnya sistem daya tahan tubuhnya, sehingga "hanya" kena HPV saja jadi parah sekali. Yang anehnya lagi orangnya sehat sehat aja meski darah putihnya sangat sedikit.

aniwei, di linknya ada videonya juga loh silahkan liadd



Dr Anthony Gaspari believes that he has diagnosed Dede's rare condition


The growths on Dede's arms and feet are known as 'cutaneous horns'


Dede with his teenage daughter. He fears that his children may also become infected

anehnya ini berita di indonesia, tapi kok ga ada yg pernah beritain yah

[MimiHitam]

NIH gue kasih videonya
http://www.youtube.com/v/tj1Fmh9R0D4

[MimiHitam]

fotony neh



Dr Anthony Gaspari believes that he has diagnosed Dede's rare condition


The growths on Dede's arms and feet are known as 'cutaneous horns'


Dede with his teenage daughter. He fears that his children may also become infected

anehnya ini berita di indonesia, tapi kok ga ada yg pernah beritain yah

[ekspresi]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2/wtree112.xml

Kondisi langka ini disebabkan oleh rendahnya sistem daya tahan tubuhnya, sehingga "hanya" kena HPV saja jadi parah sekali. Yang anehnya lagi orangnya sehat sehat aja meski darah putihnya sangat sedikit.

aniwei, di linknya ada videonya juga loh silahkan liadd



Dr Anthony Gaspari believes that he has diagnosed Dede's rare condition


The growths on Dede's arms and feet are known as 'cutaneous horns'


Dede with his teenage daughter. He fears that his children may also become infected

anehnya ini berita di indonesia, tapi kok ga ada yg pernah beritain yah

buset, ngeri amet, tapi lu bener mi, disini kok ga heboh yah

[Ashclaine]

Gile...

Keren amat tuh orang..

Jadi kayak Treant Protector

Heran.. yg neliti malah orang luar, bukan orang dalem

[ekspresi]

itu yg aneh, di indonesia sama sekali ga diberitain

[MimiHitam]

iya ye, kok kyknya ga rame, apa karena keseringan lapor ttg artis dkk?

[CrL-bLaCk-]

Gile...

Keren amat tuh orang..

Jadi kayak Treant Protector

Heran.. yg neliti malah orang luar, bukan orang dalem

Ho oh tuh, jadi kaya Treant. Tapi yang sangat disayangkan, di Indonesia sama sekali ga ada berita seperti ini. Apakah ini berarti pemerintah tidak memperhatikan rakyatnya?

[MimiHitam]

sebenernya bukan pemeirntah, tapi PERS, persnya kyknya lebih peduli gosip arti dkk

[AcanthaZ]

wew...
keren bgt...
ada akar dan dahan pohon...
ada jurus nya treant protektor gk??
hehehe....

penyebabnya gara-gara kekurangan sel darah putih???
tangannya mengeras spt pohon atau lunak spt manusia karet???
kulitnya keras???

[MimiHitam]

keras kali, dia angkat ato jalan jadi berat, udah gitu kena stigma sosial lagi, dikucilkan di desanya

[ekspresi]

Papillomaviruses pertama kali diidentifikasikan pada abad ke-20, ketika ditunjukan bahwa papilloma, dapat ditransmisikan antara individu oleh agen infeksi. Pada tahun 1935, Francis Peyton Rous, yang sebelumnya mendemonstrasikan kehadiran virus sarkoma penyebab kanker pada ayam, pergi untuk menunjukan bahwa papillomavirus dapat menyebabkan kanker kulit pada kelinci yang terinfeksi. Hal ini adalah demonstrasi pertama bahwa virus dapat menyebabkan kanker pada mamalia.

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillomavirus

[Veronica]

zzz Gwe setuju banget

MAsa ga ada beritanya di TV


harusnya salah satu stasiun Tv nyiarin ini berita

Btw Itu dokter koq Bisa tau kena penyakitnya ya
Dapat kabar dari mana ya?

[ekspresi]

zzz Gwe setuju banget

MAsa ga ada beritanya di TV


harusnya salah satu stasiun Tv nyiarin ini berita

Btw Itu dokter koq Bisa tau kena penyakitnya ya
Dapat kabar dari mana ya?

iya itu dokter tau dari mana yach? klo diliat2 bisa jadi itu penyimpangan genetika ( yah bisa jadi orang itu mutan seperti di film X-Men)

[CrL-bLaCk-]

Hendak Liput Manusia Akar, Wartawan TPI Diminta Rp10 Juta
Sumber : TB Ardi Januar - Okezone

BANDUNG - Seorang kontributor Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI), Reza Sunarya, mengaku dimintai uang oleh seseorang ketika hendak meliput "Manusia Akar" di Cihampelas, Kabupaten Bandung. Acara itu sendiri berlangsung pada Selasa, 20 November. Ketika itu, Reza mengaku bingung dan tidak menceritakannya kepada orang lain.

Berita tentang manusia akar memang cukup menghebohkan. Pasalnya, disekujur tubuh Dede dipenuhi oleh sejenis kutil hingga tangan dan kakinya menyerupai akar pohon.

Awal cerita ketika Reza hendak meliput berita tersebut, Reza diminta untuk menghubungi seseorang bernama Jangkung. Kabarnya, Jangkung adalah salah seorang kepercayaan si manusia akar yang bernama asli Dede.

"Ketika saya menghubungi Jangkung. Saya diperbolehkan meliput Dede dengan catatan, saya harus membayar kompensasi uang sebesar 10 Juta," ujar Reza kepada okezone (21/11/07).

Dengan kejadian yang menimpanya tersebut, Reza tidak habis pikir, mengapa tugas jurnalistiknya harus dihalangi oleh pihak tertentu," Kata dia ini bisnis dan sudah terikat kontrak. padahal saya hanya ingin meliput." tambah Reza.

Kejadian ini, tidak hanya dialami Reza, salah seorang wartawan dari televisi lokal Bandung, Feri Wahyudin juga mengalami hal yang sama, yaitu dimintai uang ketika kendak meliput.

Link : http://www.okezone.com/

Ternyata untuk meliput saja harus membayar 10 Juta, apa tidak salah?