Weird Diseases

[nima]

WEIRD DISEASES

WALKING CORPSE SYNDROME
Deluded patients think they have lost body parts or their souls, and often believe they have died. Also called Cotard's syndrome, the mental disease has been found in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

WEREWOLF SYNDROME
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 whole face and body. Two brothers were even offered a role in the X-Files TV series, but they turned the offer down.

BLUE SKIN DISORDER
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.

ALICE-IN-WONDERLAND SYNDROME
A patient's sense of time, space and body image are distorted. People may appear tiny or patients may feel that part of their body shape or size has been altered.

VAMPIRE DISEASE
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.

JUMPING FRENCHMAN DISORDER
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.

ELEPHANTITIS
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.

[Suvash]

nima, i am having great difficulty in finding words to describe your post, its awfully interesting and weird..and i think its these weird thingss that make medicine what it is.

[rajeeb]

Interesting..............

[Suvash]

hey nima,
can you write sth more about the diseases, esp i want to knowmore about ALICE-IN-WONDERLAND SYNDROME, i hope u will reply soon.

[GUNNER]

very very nice n intresting post...thanx for sharing..

[medic]

intresting post.....keep 'em comin........

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vampire syndrome seems the most weird.i still find them hard to be believed. but why arent they researched or as open as any other diseases. perhaps we lack relevant resources.

[de.malady]

well, very smart of those great medicos to name these diseases this way for us to remember easily..
it's very evident of course from their discriptions that The walking Corpse Syndrome, Alice-in-wonderland Syndrome & Jumping Frenchman Disorder depict delusions havin psychologic problems mayb..
anyway, bravo to the -medical sc-, it's so wonderful,
it'so diverse, it'so utmostothe entire mankind.

[demon_dissector]

Originally Posted by nima

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BLUE SKIN DISORDER
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.

if they were a bunch of secluded people in a hill....may be it's incest and the autosomal recessive genes showing!

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well i kinda think there are more than genes to explore......