A Real Ent

[Cnogoman]

Check out this Treeman

 

[Jobi101]

Woh, freaky as. Note to self, don't ever let a wart go untreated O.O

 

[Xavier]

jesus christ!

 

[helios]

Freaky. Really freaky.

 

[papamurf812]

Can that even be real?

 

[SH Jack]

Yeah, it's a skin condition.

 

[Spartan043]

wait just a wart caused his condition??

 

[Spartan 110]

I heard when i was in Vietnam a woman has catus spines coming out of her skin somewhere on her arm

 

[smilie120]

Yeah I saw this documentry on the discovery channel.

 

[drgon47]

Apparantly, a suppliment of vitamen A is going to help him by leaps and bounds as hes not able to produce enough, therefore his body cannot fight the wart.

 

[AoBfrost]

I think the spore gets caught in some skin wouind or opening, then starts growing, and well...grows in you....thats freaky.

 

[GruntOfAction]

This is a type of Leprosy. A horrid disease that in some cases is not curable.

 

[Vexona]

It's actually HPV (human papilloma virus) and his body lacked the ability to produce the vitamins which keep the infection in check. His skin cells, lacking these key defenses, were essentially 'hijacked' by the virus and resulted in these large cutaneous growths.

His immune deficiency is 1 in a million and it was by chance that he came in contact with the virus in the first place.

An American dermatologist has devised a treatment to enable the man to regain use of his hands and live a normal life.

Read more here.