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These photos show a rare body disease that seen this boy's feet and hands gradually transform into a tree-like features.
The rare condition is turning a seven-year-old boy’s hands and feet into trees.
Ripon Sarker from Thakurgaon, Bangladesh in Asia suffers from the condition ‘epidermodysplasia verruciformis’, which causes abnormal susceptibility to human papillomavirus – causing the growth of scaly warts.
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The young boy was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on August 20 for treatment for the first time, as his family couldn’t afford it.
His father Mahendra Das said: ‘They haven’t carried out tests on him. Physicians say they will look into this matter before treatment.’
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Poor Ripon cannot walk or eat by himself because of his tree-like hands and feet. Thankfully, doctors have said they are hopeful that his hands and feet are operable as his fingers and toes and can still be identified.



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