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10 . Living corpse syndrome : typical for people who believe that they have died
Syndrome is caused by the desire for sustainable and ongoing suicidal depression. People with
this diagnosis complain that they have lost everything, including property and a part
or the whole body . They believe that there is only dead and their dead. Misconception
progresses to such an extent that the patient can claim if feels like his body decomposes
. Allegedly he smells his own rotting flesh and feel worms eat it from the inside .
9. Vampire disease , causes pain from the sun
Some people in this world are forced to take extreme measures to avoid the sun . Once exposed
to sunlight , their skin blisters . Many of them feel the pain , the skin begins to "burn
." It reminds one of the characteristics of the vampire, so the disease got its name . In
the English outback found the boys with a hereditary disease - in children as sharp
fangs teeth and they do not like light.
8. Disorder Jumping Frenchman: aggravated reflection
The main symptom of the disease - that patients greatly frightened , suddenly seeing something
or hearing a noise . Much more than ordinary people , patients with this diagnosis worries
when someone sneaks up behind him, starts screaming , waving his arms and repeat the
same words. takes a long time to calm down. The disease was first recorded in Maine , the
French Canadian origin , but people with strange reactions were also found in other parts of
the world .
7. Blashko line : characterized by strange stripes all over the body
Blashko lines are very rare, and the anatomy can not explain this phenomenon discovered
in 1901 by Alfred Blashko , German dermatologist. Blashko line - invisible pattern inherent
in the human DNA . Many acquired and inherited diseases of the skin or mucous membranes appear
in accordance with laid down in the DNA information. Symptom of the disease - the appearance of
visible bands on the human body .
6. Allotriophagy : characterized by the use of inedible substances
People suffering from the disease peak , have a firm conviction of the need to eat different
types of non-food substances , including paper, dirt, glue and clay. Health experts have not
found the real reason , no treatments for this disease . Although the information that
it may be due to a deficiency of minerals , appeared for a long time .
5 . Syndrome Alice in Wonderland : characterized by a distorted perception of time , space
and their own body Syndrome Alice in Wonderland (AIWS), or micropsia
is highly disoriented neurological condition which affects human visual perception . Suffering
from this disease people see people, animals, and people of the inanimate objects significantly
smaller than they really are. The most commonly perceived object seems far worthwhile. For
example, a car with a normal size may seem like a small toy , a pet dog the size of a
mouse.
4 . Blue skin syndrome , or Acanthosis nigricans : blue people
During the 1960s a large family of " blue people" lived in the hills of Kentucky near
Troublesome Creek. They were known as the Blue Fugate . Many of them have never done
anything seriously ill , and despite the presence of the blue skin , some of them lived to be
80 years. This trait is passed from generation to generation . People with this diagnosis
have a blue or indigo , plum or almost purple skin.
3 . Hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome , is characterized by excessive hair distribution
Young children suffering from this disease , grows with long dark hair on his face. The
disease is called wolf syndrome because people remind excessive hair wolves , only without
the sharp teeth and claws . Syndrome may cover different parts of the body and manifest in
varying degrees.
2 . Elephantiasis : extremely enlarged body parts
The researchers found that the larvae of parasitic worms family filarioidea, causing elephantiasis
people live in the body of deer . Scientists can now learn how to prevent the spread of
the parasite. If attempts to stop the reproduction of the
worm in the body of the reindeer are successful, scientists will have information that can
be used to prevent elephantiasis in humans. Suffers from the disease of 120 million people
worldwide
1. Progeria Syndrome Hutchinson - Gilford : kids look nonagenarian
Progeria is caused by a tiny defect in the genetic code of the child. This disease is
almost unavoidable and harmful consequences . Most children born with this disease will
die in 13 years . Because their body accelerated aging process, the physical signs of an adult
are developing very quickly. They acquire premature baldness, tapering bones develop
arthritis and heart disease. Progeria is extremely rare , is seen in 48 people worldwide . However,
there is one family in which five children has this diagnosis .
There was a terrible ***. Tried two. Jury found one defendant guilty and the other innocent.
In his concluding speech addressed to the judge , who was found guilty , and said : " This
is the most amazing thing of all that I had to disassemble . Though your fault definitely
established by law I have to let you out to freedom ."
How to explain this enigmatic statement judge ?