Man Who Grew Roots

I just saw this video of an Indonesian man "who grew roots." I can't imagine how difficult his life must have been. Happily, it seems that he may have a chance of recovery after doctors recently performed a series of operations on him. Here's a fuller story on the man and his disease. Apparently,

"Dede's problem was that he has an extremely rare immune system deficiency, leaving his body unable to contain the warts. The virus was therefore able to "hijack the cellular machinery of his skin cells", ordering them to produce massive amounts of the substance causing tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns"."