Hosineara Begum, una señora de avanzada edad natural de Bangladesh, nació con una espinilla en el labio superior y algunos pequeños bultos por todo el cuerpo que año a año se fueron extendiendo, cubriendo así la mayor parte de su cuerpo.

Ella asegura que su vida es un tormento, los miembros de la aldea en la que vive huyen de ella y la llaman 'mujer patata'. "Nadie me habla ni viene a verme. La gente me esquiva, incluso mi nieto de tres años que a veces viene a verme llora cuando me ve", comenta Begum.

PIC FROM Caters News - (PICTURED: Hosineara Begums face, which is covered in tumours) - A woman living with hundreds of huge tumours covering her entire body for last six decades has told how she has been shunned by fellow villagers - who call her the Potato Woman. Hosineara Begum was born with a pimple on her upper lip and tiny bumps scattered around her face and neck. But after a radside doctor cut it off, Hosineara claims the pimples spread all over her body - some even growing up to th size of a tennis ball. With her condition worsening and her identity lost behind those tumours, the widow, who lives with her only son and his family, has become a pariah in her village as no one wishes to see her. They have even given her the moniker of Potato Woman. SEE CATERS COPY.

La mujer asegura que se sometió a una operación donde le extrajeron los tumores; sin embargo, le salieron más aún por todo el cuerpo, algunos de ellos del tamaño de una pelota de tenis.

Su rostro está completamente cubierto de dolorosos tumores que la convierten en una paria en su pueblo natal de Bangladesh. Estos tumores le impiden hablar, comer o incluso vestirse apropiadamente.

Tras varios años sin tratamiento y sin remedios caseros que la ayuden a calmar su dolor; Hosineara actualmente se está tratando con homeopatía, una medicina alternativa que la esta ayudando a paliar su dolor. Los medicamentos la están ayudando, pero no puede continuar con el tratamiento por falta dinero.

PIC FROM Caters News - (PICTURED: Hosineara Begum showing her legs, which are covered in tumours) - A woman living with hundreds of huge tumours covering her entire body for last six decades has told how she has been shunned by fellow villagers - who call her the Potato Woman. Hosineara Begum was born with a pimple on her upper lip and tiny bumps scattered around her face and neck. But after a radside doctor cut it off, Hosineara claims the pimples spread all over her body - some even growing up to th size of a tennis ball. With her condition worsening and her identity lost behind those tumours, the widow, who lives with her only son and his family, has become a pariah in her village as no one wishes to see her. They have even given her the moniker of Potato Woman. SEE CATERS COPY.