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Dede Koswara
Indonesian carpenter (–)
In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic.
Dede Koswara ( – January 30, ), 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.
Dede koswara wiki fandom A report by Oliveira et al. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Conference Listing. At the end of December , two doctors from the Japanese Society for Complementary and Alternative Medicine brought him a drug made from Job's tears.He received criticism from the people around him for having an unknown disease for most of his life. It was not until his later years that he received notoriety and was given multiple treatments for his condition.
Early years
Dede Koswara was healthy from birth up to his early childhood. At the age of ten, he started to develop warts around his injured knee, which then grew onto his limbs and face.
He was unable to afford treatment for the disease and had initially tried to remove one of the larger warts, however the wart eventually regrew. He attempted to live a normal life, working as a craftsman.
Dede koswara wiki Precision Medicine and Biologics. Classification D. Sahana Khatun [ edit ]. But complications developed when Koswara fell victim to a medical turf battle.He married at the age of 18 and had two children. The warts continued to grow uncontrollably, which eventually limited his movements and made him dependent on others for his daily routines. Having become too dependent, he lost his job, was divorced by his wife, and was separated from his children. His parents offered him to live with them so as to provide help.
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Later years
In November , a video about Dede Koswara appeared on the Internet. His story was shared on the Discovery Channel and TLC series My Shocking Stories (Extraordinary People) in the episode "Half Man Half Tree".[2] In August , an episode of ABC's Medical Mysteries, titled "Tree Man", was released, which was dedicated to Koswara's story.[3]
In August , he underwent nine operations and had 95% of warts, about 6&#;kg (13&#;lb), surgically removed.[4] During this time, his health had significantly improved so much that he regained the use of his hands and feet.
However, the warts started to regrow and he was informed that two surgeries a year were necessary to keep the infections down.[5]
Dede Koswara died on 30 January , aged 44, at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia, from a series of health problems relating to his condition.[6]