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Post by Mamalicious on Jan 18, 2008 14:47:45 GMT 12
Tree Man who grew 'roots' offered hope of new life
An Indonesian fisherman who is "half man half tree" has been offered new hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.
32-year-old Dede, who lives in a remote village in Indonesia with his two children, feared that he would be killed by the tree-like growths that cover his body.
Known locally as 'Tree Man' his condition has baffled local doctors for 20 years.
He has root like structures growing out of his body - branches that can grow up to 5cm a year and which protrude from his hands and feet, and welts covering his whole body.
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Post by Mamalicious on Jan 18, 2008 14:49:01 GMT 12
Man with no face - medical science offers new hope
A victim of horrific facial disfigurement - known as "the man with no face" - has been given new hope by the advancement of medical science.
Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, Portugal, has been losing his face to a huge growth for the past 35 years, distorting it out of all recognition - and it's still growing.
The tumor on 51-year-old Jose's face is a collection of blood vessels that have expanded, producing a raised red area on the skin.
Jose was born with a strawberry-coloured birthmark on his upper lip. At puberty it began growing, eventually smothering his lips, nose and one of his eyes. Now it is 33cm long and weighs 3kg.
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Post by Mamalicious on Jan 18, 2008 14:54:07 GMT 12
Maggots take up residence inside man's head
It's the stuff nightmares and horror movies are made of.
A holidaymaker got a nasty shock when he learned that the strange bleeding bumps on his head were not bites or shingles, but live maggots.
Aaron Dallas, from Colorado, looked for medical help when the unusual lumps appeared on his scalp after a holiday to Belize during the summer.
One doctor thought they might have been caused by a gnat bite. Another believed his problem was shingles.
But then the bumps took on a life of their own and began to move.
A doctor discovered five bot fly larvae living inside Aaron Dallas's head, near the top of his skull. This was a few weeks after a mosquito had apparently placed them there.
"I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head. I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy," said Dallas, of Carbondale.
Bot flies rely on mosquitoes, stable flies, and other insects to carry their eggs to a host - and in this case the host was Dallas.
"It was weird and traumatic," he said. "I would get this pain that would drop me to my knees."
After their discovery the parasites were removed by a doctor. Dallas's wife teased him about it afterwards, but didn't find the experience funny.
"It's much funnier to everyone else. It makes my stomach turn over. It was cruel,'' he said.
Bot fly infections are fairly routine in parts of Central and South America.
eeewwww!!!
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Post by Mamalicious on Jan 18, 2008 15:00:57 GMT 12
Boomerang comes back after 25 years BRISBANE, Australia - Boomerangs really do come back — even after 25 years. Officials in an Australian Outback town were surprised when a boomerang arrived in the post. Along with it was a note from a guilt-ridden American who said he stole it years earlier from a museum in the mining town of Mount Isa, and now felt rotten about it.  |
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Post by Roderick on Jan 18, 2008 16:43:06 GMT 12
WARNING < WARNING , WARNING , WARNING...DO NOT READ THESE POSTS WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR DINNER TO ARRIVE / BE PREPARED , / DISHED UP...omg Mamahoney...??...where did you find these..??..uh oh...not sure i want to know thanks sweetheart
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Post by Mamalicious on Jan 18, 2008 19:37:19 GMT 12
I should have posted the pics...lol
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