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archershipsAt least, that's how I'd caption the picture below if I were writing shameless abstinence propaganda.
Via BoingBoing.
"I found this man, and other than his hands and feet, he looked and seemed in good health. As best as I could gather these growths began when he was 14 years old, and began in the area of his wrists. The skin on his wrists and the back of his hands resembles that of a hedgehog - hundreds of spike like growths. The problem is much more severe on his palms and fingers where the growths resemble very much that of nails infected with a fungus. The growths have that same texture, smell and feel. I cut a number of the largest growths off, most of witch did not bleed. Some of the smaller growths did bleed a small amount and he seemed much more sensitive to the cutting of the smaller growths. I soaked his hands first in 3 WEA (phenyl mercuric nitrate) and then began. The 3 WEA did help to soften the growths but they still took time to cut through, or sand down, but it worked just as it does with these types of nails on normal hands or feet. I was able to pull many of the smaller growths off applying steady pressure and slowly pulling. But after 1.5 hrs there was not a noticeable change as there are hundreds and hundreds of growths. There was also quite a bit of dissolved material in the bucket of 3 WEA after we finished.
On his feet I did not cut anything, but tried two different solutions of salicylic acid, one a bit weaker than the other, and also a freeze spray wart remover.
I met his mother and brother (they all live together) and their skin looked very normal. They all eat the same foods and he and his brother sleep in the same bed.
It has grown slowly but steadily but has not spread to other parts of his body, just a bit below his knees on his legs. He has other skin growth (many would be skin tags) on his face, and some moles on his chest. The growths are not as bad on his feet but I was told that more than 10 years ago many we cauterized off his feet, and they did not return. I think with repeated soaking and cutting most could be removed but other parts will I think need to be burned away in some form."
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Date: 2007-03-31 06:42 am (UTC)gah!
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Date: 2007-03-31 11:59 am (UTC)I guess I'm just the practical type
Date: 2007-03-31 02:27 pm (UTC)Just the sweater?
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Date: 2007-04-01 08:58 am (UTC)Off topic:
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Date: 2007-04-07 02:56 am (UTC)I used to work in the bookstore warehouse for the University of Florida. Mostly pricing stuff to be sent to the store, but sometimes inventorying the books. This was the main warehouse for a large University's primary bookstore, so they had lots and lots of books. And no central A/C or heating.
Except for one small section, which they kept climate controlled because it held the very, very expensive books. Medical text books.
Out of sheet bordem, I looked through many of those books. As disturbing as you may think that picture is, it's really quite modest compared to some pictures I found. Such as the man with shelf-fungus growing all over his face. Or the man with a fungal growth that devoured his entire eye and stuck out of his head like a stick. And then there's these worms in South America...