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Elephantiasis: grossly enlarged members
Lymphatic filariasis,
also known as elephantiasis, is best known from dramatic photos of
people with grossly enlarged or swollen arms and legs. The disease is
caused by parasitic worms, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia
malayi, and B. timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes. Lymphatic
filariasis currently affects 120 million people worldwide, and 40
million of these people have serious disease. When an infected female
mosquito bites a person, she may inject the worm larvae, called
microfilariae, into the blood. The microfilariae reproduce and spread
throughout the bloodstream, where they can live for many years. Often
disease symptoms do not appear until years after infection. As the
parasites accumulate in the blood vessels, they can restrict
circulation and cause fluid to build up in surrounding tissues. The
most common, visible signs of infection are excessively enlarged arms,
legs, genitalia, and breasts.
Progeria: the 80-Year-Old Children
Progeria is caused by a single tiny defect in a child's genetic code,
but it has devastating and life-changing consequences. On average, a
child born with this disease will be dead by the age of 13. As they see
their bodies fast forward through the normal process of ageing they
develop striking physical symptoms, often including premature baldness,
heart disease, thinning bones and arthritis. Progeria is extremely
rare, there are only around 48 people living with it in the whole
world. However, there is a family that has five children with the
disease.
Werewolf Syndrome: the wolf people
When two year-old Abys DeJesus grew dark, hairy patches on her face,
doctors said she has a condition known as Human Werewolf Syndrome. The
disease is called werewolf syndrome because people with it look like
werewolves - except without the sharp teeth and claws. In Mexico, a
large family of men had hair that covered their faces and upper bodies.
Two brothers were even offered a part in the X-Files but they turned
down the offer.
Blue Skin Disorder: the blue people
A
large family simply known as the "blue people" lived in the hills
around Troublesome Creek in Kentucky until the 1960s. They were the
blue Fugates. Most of them lived past the age of 80, with no serious
illness - just blue skin. The trait was passed on from generation to
generation. People with this condition have blue, plum, indigo or
almost purple skin. (Source)
Pica: the urge to eat non-food substances
People diagnosed with Pica have an insatiable urge to eat
non-food substances like dirt, paper, glue and clay. Though it is
believed to be linked with mineral deficiency, health experts have
found no real cause and no cure for this disorder.
Vampire Disease: pain from the sun
There
are people out there who go to great lengths to avoid the sun. If they
are caught in the sun, their skin will blister. Some of them have pain
and blistering as soon as the sun touches their skin. Ok, so they're
not actually vampires. They don't drink blood and sleep in coffins, but
they do suffer from a rare disease that has vampire-like symptoms.
Alice in Wonderland syndrome: time, space and body image are distorted
Alice
in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), or micropsia, is a disorienting
neurological condition which affects human visual perception. Subjects
perceive humans, parts of humans, animals, and inanimate objects as
substantially smaller than in reality. Generally, the object perceived
appears far away or extremely close at the same time. For example, a
family pet, such as a dog, may appear the size of a mouse, or a normal
car may look shrunk to scale. This leads to another name for the
condition, Lilliput sight or Lilliputian hallucinations, named after
the small people in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. The condition
is in terms of perception only; the mechanics of the eye are not
affected, only the brain's interpretation of information passed from
the eyes.
Blaschko's lines: strange stripes all over the body
Blaschko's
lines are an extremely rare and unexplained phenomenon of human anatomy
first presented in 1901 by German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko.
Neither a specific disease nor a predictable symptom of a disease,
Blaschko's lines are an invisible pattern built into human DNA. Many
inherited and acquired diseases of the skin or mucosa manifest
themselves according to these patterns, creating the visual appearance
of stripes. The cause of the stripes is thought to result from
mosaicism; they do not correspond to nervous, muscular, or lymphatic
systems. What makes them more remarkable is that they correspond quite
closely from patient to patient, usually forming a "V" shape over the
spine and "S" shapes over the chest, stomach, and sides.
Walking Corpse Syndrome: they believe to have died
It
is a syndrome of mental depression and suicidal tendencies, in which
the patient complains of having lost everything: possessions, part of
or entire body, often believing that he or she has died and is a
walking corpse. This delusion is usually expanded to the degree that
the patient might claim that he can smell his own rotting flesh and
feel worms crawling through his skin. The latter phenomenon is a
recurring experience of people chronically deprived of sleep or
suffering amphetamine/cocaine psychosis. Paradoxically, being "dead"
often gives the patient the nation of being immortal.
Jumping frenchman disorder: weird reflexes
The
main characteristic is that patients are extremely startled by an
unexpected noise or sight. It's not just twitching when someone sneaks
up behind you. Patients with this disorder flail their arms, cry out
and repeat words. First identified in some of Maine's lumberjacks of
French-Canadian origin, the odd reflex has been identified in other
parts of the world, too.
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