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| Shadot with his wife and 12-year-old son |
A father who says people are afraid of him because his body is covered from head to toe in tumours now fears he could go blind if he doesn’t get a lifesaving operation.
The 47-year-old says he is in constant pain, and his body is ‘heavy’, weighed down by the sheer mass of the lumps.
Believed to be suffering from Neurofibromatosis, Shadot Hossain is now in a race against time to secure surgery to remove the tumours - and save his sight .
Without an operation to slice away at the overgrown tumours on his face 47-year-old Shadot could permanently lose his vision.
Covering the entire length of his body, the tumours are so severe Shadot cannot wear clothing on his top half and struggles to feed himself.
The father-of-three who lives in Shajadpur, North Bangladesh, said: “It is very difficult to live with pain like this. I also suffer a lot with itching on the body and the neck. My body feels heavy.”
The discomfort Shadot lives with on a daily basis makes eating certain foods difficult because they require more chewing.
And his extreme appearance means even Shadot’s own 12-year-old-son Abdullah Hossain shies away from looking at his father. The stares and comments from passers-by hurt Shadot as much as the physical pain he endures.
Shadot said: “The moment anyone sees me they try to move away from me. The kids when they see me they just freak out and start running. They’re afraid of me.
“I cannot go outside because children are afraid of me. They call me ‘Monster.’ I wasn’t always in this condition. I was handsome in my young age.
“Nowadays Abdullah doesn’t talk to me. I understand why he feels like that. I can’t do anything for my son or family.
“I feel very bad, at night I don’t sleep because I feel afraid.”
Shadot used to work as a labourer but as his condition worsened he failed to do simple everyday tasks and had to quit his job. Without a regular income he cannot afford medicine or further treatment.
He said: ”I don’t work anymore and I don’t take any kind of medicine.”
Shadot’s wife Tajmohel Khatun, 39, has seen first hand the impact her husband’s deteriorating condition – and lack of finances - has had on the family.
“Villagers provide us with clothes to wear as I am not able to earn a living.
“My husband is ill and I have to accept this fact. I have gotten my two daughters married but because of our financial crisis I cannot send my son to school.”
Tajmohel met Shadot when she was 19-years-old and Shadot was 27. Although Shadot had already started developing tumours on his body he was still able to lead a normal life.
Shadot first noticed a tumour growing on his forehead when he was just 13-years-old but it’s only in the last five years that his condition has become so acute.
Without medical intervention, doctors say Shadot is at risk of permanently going blind. Dr Mahmudul Hassan says he has never seen a patient with such extreme tumours.
Culled from mirror.co.uk
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