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Selasa, 25 Februari 2014

10 weirdest disease in the world


1.       Elephant Foot Disease ( Elephantiasis )

Disease elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis can be instantly recognizable from the shape of the leg or arm patients were enlarged . The disease is caused by parasitic worms , including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori , all transmitted by mosquitoes . This disease has infected more than 120 million people in the world . When an infected female mosquito bites a person , larvae , called microfilariae in the blood stream , these larvae can survive yearly . effects of this disease is often only comes after a year are infected .

2.       Progeria

Progeria is caused by a small error in the genetic code of the child , but it has devastating and life-changing . The average child born with this disease will die at the age of 13 years , because their bodies are aging faster as baldness , heart disease , weakened bones and arthritis . Fortunately, this disease is very rare , only about 48 people were stricken with the disease around the world , but there is a family that has five children who are all afflicted by this disease .

3.       Werewolf Syndrome

When the hair begins to grow in the face of 2 -year -old boy named Abys DeJesus , doctors immediately recognize these symptoms as Human Werewolf Syndrome . The disease is called werewolf syndrome because people with this disease throughout the body to grow hair like werewolves ( of course without the sharp teeth and claws ) .

4.       Blue Skin Disorder

A large family known as the " blue people " lived in the hills around Troublesome Creek in Kentucky until the 1960s . They are Blue Fugates . Most of them live to age 80 years. They do not have a serious illness , only blue skin . The disease is passed on from generation to generation . People with this disease his skin is blue , plum , or almost purple .

5.       Pica

People diagnosed with this disease have a need to eat non-food substances such as soil , paper , glue and clay . Although it is associated with mineral deficiency , health experts have found no cause and cure for this disorder .

6.       Vampire Disease : Fear of the Sun

There are some people who when out of the house always avoid the sun , if their skin is exposed to the sun the skin will blister . Even though some blistering new direct sunlight . They are not vampires do not drink blood and sleep in coffins , but they have a rare disease that has vampire-like symptoms that.

7.       Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

AIWS or micropsia is a condition which affects human visual perception . Object will be noticeably smaller than in reality . Generally, the object perceived appears far away or extremely close at the same time . For example, a dog will look for a mouse or the car will be shrunk to scale . This condition is related to the perception of course , not the fault of the brain to process information because the structure of the patient's eye is damaged .

8.       Blaschko 's Lines

This one is super rare disease and can not be explained , first introduced in 1901 by German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko 's called . This disease has no symptoms that can be predicted , the effects of this disease is the emergence of a V shape on the spine or the S on the chest and abdomen .

9.       Walking Corpse Syndrome

A syndrome due to mental stress in which patients complain of losing part of his body or the whole body . Often they feel has died and become a walking corpse . These fantasies are usually growing , that the patient can smell rotting flesh body and feel worms crawling in his skin . These events can occur in people who are deprived of sleep or suffering from mental illness as a result of amphetamine / cocaine .

10.   Jumping Frenchman Disorder

The main characteristic is the patient really surprised by a sound or unexpected sight . Usually our reaction will turn when there is noise or something behind us , but it will issue a disease pasein strange reflexes like hitting his arm , screaming or speaking a word over and over again .

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