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Hồ Văn Trung (giant)

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Only 29 individuals in documented medical history have attained a height of 8 feet (244 cm) or more, and Hồ Văn Trung was among them.[1]

Life and work

Hồ Văn Trung, the eldest of four siblings, was born in Ca Mau in 1984.[2] His parents earned income by selling coconuts, but this was insufficient to meet the family's needs.[2] Family members reported that at 17 years old he was 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) tall before contracting a fever that lasted a long time.[3] Following his recovery from that fever, his height began to increase abnormally.[3]

Medical professionals linked his excessive growth to a disorder of the pituitary gland.[3]

What the cited sources add

A 2019 news article reported that Hồ Văn Trung died after surgery for an intestinal disease and was buried in Cà Mau province.[4] According to his family, after a fever at age 17 he began growing abnormally and lived reclusively in a shrimp pond in Ngọc Hiển district.[4] Another 2018 report stated that all hospital beds were too short for him, so his family had to build a custom bed.[5] The same report said he lived alone in Viên An Đông commune, worked shrimp ponds, and supported two siblings in university.[5]

A 2018 article quoted him saying he only wanted money to treat his kidney disease and not to be recognized as a record holder.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Hồ Văn Trung (giant)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Who Is the Tallest Vietnamese Person?", Vietnam Times, 2021-07-15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Hồ Văn Trung (giant)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Who Is the Tallest Vietnamese Person?", Vietnam Times, 2021-07-15; "Người đàn ông cao 2,5m thách thức kỷ lục "cao nhất Việt Nam"", conglyxahoi.net.vn }}{{Dead link, January 2023; "Suy thận mãn, người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau phải nhập viện", BAO DIEN TU VTV, 2018-10-20; Trí, "Người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau không muốn kỷ lục, chỉ mong có tiền trị bệnh", Báo điện tử Dân Trí, 10 October 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Hồ Văn Trung (giant)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Trí, "Người đàn ông cao hơn 2m sau một đợt sốt cao dài ngày", Báo điện tử Dân Trí, 9 October 2018; Đại, "Người cao nhất Việt Nam qua đời ở tuổi 34", Thời Đại, 2019-11-05 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Đại, "Người cao nhất Việt Nam qua đời ở tuổi 34", Thời Đại, 2019-11-05. facts only, no text reused. thoidai.com.vn
  5. "Suy thận mãn, người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau phải nhập viện", BAO DIEN TU VTV, 2018-10-20. facts only, no text reused. vtv.vn
  6. Trí, "Người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau không muốn kỷ lục, chỉ mong có tiền trị bệnh", Báo điện tử Dân Trí, 10 October 2018. facts only, no text reused. dantri.com.vn

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Hồ Văn Trung (giant) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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