9 monster epidemics in human history

Dancing madly to death or laughing for no reason . are devastating epidemics in human history.

Top monster disease in human history

1. Great epidemic of encephalitis Lethargica

Many evil epidemics in human history have claimed many lives as well as a great influence on the health of those who are lucky to survive. One of the strange epidemics is the pandemic Lethargica encephalitis that occurred during the period of 1915-1926. Around the time of the Spanish flu pandemic (1918-1920), strange epidemics in history appeared to be called Lethargica encephalitis.

At its peak, this strange epidemic caused 1 million deaths and millions of others were paralyzed. Encephalitis lethargica is also known as 'sleepy disease' with symptoms such as sore throat, convulsions, speechlessness and immobility for long periods of time.

The infected person falls into a coma or dies because the death rate of this disease is quite high at 40%.Mysteriously unexplained and unable to find a cure, the epidemic of Lethargica encephalitis also mysteriously ended in 1926.

2. Great epidemic of mad dancing in 1518

In July 1518, a strange dance of crazy dance appeared in Strasbourg town (currently part of French territory). The first case of infection was a woman named Frau Troffea. This person started dancing on the street without any reason and didn't have any music to create a sense of excitement.

Within a week, 34 others had strange expressions like Troffea's case. By August 1518, 400 people were suffering from strange dance seasons. Initially, musicians and musicians were brought to facilitate the intense dancing of the sick. However, after the foot of the people bloodshed because of crazy dancing, they started dying of heart attack or exhaustion. Later, the sick people were transferred to a mountain peak to ask for help from the gods . Finally, most patients recover.

At that time, the dancing pandemic was thought to be caused by a St. Vitus curse . However, some modern historians argue that people who suffer from this disorder are driven by a mental disorder because of stress.

3. Great laugh at Tanganyika

On January 30, 1962, at a girls' school run by nuns in Kashasha, Tanzania, three young girls began to laugh. However, unlike the jokes that ended after a few minutes, the three girls kept laughing and quickly spreading to the whole school, lasting for hours, even weeks, leading to the school being closed. April 18, 1962 due to the number of students affected by up to 60%. Since then, this strange epidemic is called the Tanganyika laughter.

Some reports indicate that the town on the laughing for a year is not true. At some stages of pandemic laughter, some infected people laugh with tears, faint and rash. Therefore, some schools are forced to close.

According to estimates, about 1,000 people have suffered from the strange laugh disease . Neurosis spreads to nearby villages. Thousands of children are affected, and 14 schools are forced to close. It is especially the object of this strange disease with only children.

4. Translate . call for cats

In the book written in 1844 by JFC Hecker 'Medieval Epidemic', there is a case of cat-like nuns in a French monastery.

European monasteries are often the places where collective outbursts occur

Before 1900 there were also many reports of collective rampage taking place inside religious institutions. In particular, European monasteries are often a place of this phenomenon. In one case, the disease symptoms are expressed by an odd collective action. A source from 1844 reported that 'a nun, at a very large convent in France, started to mew like a cat; not long after that, the other nuns also purred me nonstop. '

At the very least, all the nuns also chew together every day, at a certain time for many hours. Catlike calls continued until the neighbors voiced complaints and soldiers were summoned, threatening to whip the nuns until they stopped calling the cat.

During this period, the belief in possession (such as being possessed by an animal or a demon) is very common and cats are particularly suspected of being related to Satan. Outbursts of animal sounds or gestures like animals usually last a few days to a few months, although some cases continue over the years.

5. Translation . nods in Tanzania

This unusual disease often affects children in Africa, first appearing in Tanzania. Head nodding usually occurs in children aged 5-15 years. Normal patients suddenly drop their heads forward, may have seizures, often appear when starting to eat. This makes children injured by falling.

The nodding disease once affected 3,000 African children

The disease has once developed into epidemics, affecting 3,000 children in Africa. There is still no way to determine the cause and how to treat it effectively.

6. Translation of Morgellons

The Morgellons outbreak, which has not yet identified the cause, is often compared to hysteria. Biologist Mary Leito named Morgellons for this disease. The disease often affects white middle-aged women. There are tens of thousands of people around the world who are sick.

American music legend Joni Mitchell also has Morgellons

Symptoms of the disease are itching, heat, dementia and small fibers on the skin. Researchers believe that this may be a mental illness. Currently doctors are still studying to find out the true cause of this epidemic.

7. Continuous seizure syndrome in Leroy - New York, USA

The epidemic occurred in 2013 at LeRoy High School (west of New York, USA) when about 20 female students started to go crazy with convulsions, convulsions, facial contractions and uncontrollable speech. Translation started from 1 member named Katie Krautwurst in the cheerleading team and gradually spread to other girls in the team.

As the story spread, a number of female students went on national television to talk about their symptoms. Initially, the disease was surmised by chemical poisoning. However, sociological experts argue that these girls suffer from hysteria or collective agitation - a long-term stress syndrome.

Photos of female students who had continuous convulsive syndrome at LeRoy, USA

8. Sleepiness in Kazakhstan 2013

In the small town of Kalachi - Kazakhstan, a quarter of the townspeople were affected by " sleeping sickness " - a disease not caused by encephalitis. Beginning to appear in 2013, this plague caused people to fall asleep for several days and then wake up with symptoms of nausea, headache or memory loss. More than 20,000 experiments on air, water and food and even on people have been done, but so far there is no answer to the cause of the disease. As of 2015, the report recorded 152 cases of this strange disease.

Patients with sleeping sickness in Kazakhstan

9. Epidemic by beetle

In 1962, a woman who worked at a textile factory in the southern United States suddenly had a rash and fever was poured because of the burning bug (June bug). Within a few days, dozens of other people in the factory also had similar symptoms and many had to be hospitalized even though they did not actually bite. The plant has been evacuated, but only two insect species have been found and no harmful chemicals have been found - chemicals that can cause the same disease reaction as reported. Later, this epidemic was thought to be caused by stress - including the syndrome of mass inciting.

The view of the factory - the "source" of the burning skin bug