what the fuck@ this disease

[tsmooth31]

break.com/index/horrible-disease-turns-man-into-tree.html


wow i dont even know what to say about that

[maycanady]

Whoa That's pretty bad

[lowkey]

It's fake. Leprosy doesn't actually cause limbs to rot off, or anything like that. It's a neurological disease thought to be closely related to Parkinson's disease, and often misdiagnosed as syphilis in the past. The damage to the nervous system causes victims to not notice pain. Minor cuts and scrapes end up getting infected, because of it, which is what leads the misconception that the disease deforms the body.

In the earlier stages it does cause discolored patches on the skin, but at that point it's easily curable.

The good news about it is that around 90-95% of all people have a natural immunity to it. Those that don't only have around a 1% chance of getting it, if that. Poor sanitation and diet is what causes it to be so widespread in developing nations. In developed nations, it's extremely rare for people to get it.

[tsmooth31]

^^ im pretty sure its not fake

[tsmooth31]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/wtree112.xml


look heres an article...i just googled it..theres a bunch or articles about him..its not fake its just very rare

also i just saw they had a special about him on the discovery channel..wish i had known it was on so i coulda watched it

[Evil Dave]

Oh man, that's terrible! You really have to feel for someone like that with such a horrible cross to bear throughout his life.

[tsmooth31]

^^ yea man did you click that link..those pics are just wow...i really cant see how he can function in life

[Evil Dave]

I checked my Discovery channel On Demand service, and the show about this poor fella is showing for the next couple weeks or so. I'm definitely going to check it out when I have the time.

[tsmooth31]

yea i would deff like to see it too