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Bronco_Beerslug
01-09-2008, 10:36 PM
It's called Neurofibromatosis. I've never heard of it or seen anything like that before...

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Huang Chuncai eats in his ward before his second operation to remove his tumours, which currently weigh around 10kg (22lbs), at a hospital in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province, January 5, 2008. Huang, a 32-year-old native from a remote village in China's southern province of Hunan, says he is relieved after a part of his facial tumours, which originally weighed about 23kg (50.7 lbs), was removed last year. His second operation will remove another part of the tumours, which weighs 4.5kg (9.9lbs). Huang suffers from Neurofibromatosis, which is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that primarily affects the development and growth of nerve tissues. Picture taken January 5, 2008.
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Bronco Bob
01-09-2008, 10:50 PM
Neurofibromatosis is the same disease that Joseph Merrick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick), the Elephant Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_Man_%28film%29), had.
I myself have a very mild case of it. But none of my tumors show.

Bob
01-09-2008, 10:53 PM
Thats about the most disturbing picture I have ever seen... how sad.

spdirty
01-09-2008, 11:26 PM
Good God! Poor guy. I hope those surgeries help give him a better quality of life.

broncos loveI
01-09-2008, 11:35 PM
Man that is so sad for him. Get me a gun , if I was in his postion. Hopefully surgery can help him out.

Rohirrim
01-10-2008, 12:58 AM
That's just heartbreaking.

Spider
01-10-2008, 01:03 AM
you see this then read about the man cutting his own hand off ..........

Kaylore
01-10-2008, 01:33 AM
Wow. Really shows how lucky we are just to come out of the womb okay. Was this thread moved to the War/Religion/Politics forum because the pictures were graphic? I don't think a sick man is that "controversial".

spdirty
01-10-2008, 01:50 AM
you see this then read about the man cutting his own hand off ..........

no shlt.

shaunx
01-10-2008, 08:29 AM
OH GOD ... i have never ever seen this before..in movies atleast...oh god please save him...what happened..is that any defect i mean when he was premature baby..anyways it made me worried...god....

dbfan4life
01-11-2008, 01:23 PM
That kinda made me jump out of my seat a little. Hope that surgery helps him.