31 jan 2016, 12:32

Help is near for ’bomenman’

DHAKA –

Help is near for ’bomenman’ Abul Bajandar. The 25-year-old man from Bangladesh is suffering from the rare genetic skin disease
epidermodysplasia verruciformis, which ensures that there are huge warts on his hands and feet grow. A team of specialists will now examine how they Abul can help.

The warts started to grow when Abul was fifteen. They started small, but four years ago, the warts suddenly, in razendtempo to grow. Abul lost this feeling in his hands and had to stop his work as a bus driver. His limbs started on tree trunks to look like. Therefore, he is also known as the ” bomenman’.

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is a very rare. Only four people in the world suffering from this skin disease.