Strange diseases discovered in the 21st century

Part of the reason many pathologies become so scary is that doctors cannot accurately identify the symptoms of the disease and give it a proper name.

Part of the reason many pathologies become so scary is that doctors cannot accurately identify the symptoms of the disease and give it a proper name. However, in the 21st century, many strange diseases were discovered and called.

Wolves syndrome

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Werewolf syndrome (werewolf Synddrome) or Hypertrichosis or Ambras syndrome. This is a type of skin disease that makes the patient look like a werewolf mythical creature. Symptoms of Ambras syndrome include hair growth, hair on the body, especially in the face and ears except in the palms and soles of the feet.

Pathology can also cause disfigurement of the face (triangular face, onion-shaped nose and poor teeth). This syndrome is an inherited disease so if a child has a parent, the child can inherit it.

Blind beard

Blind beard (scientific name is Prosopagnosia). People with this disease have difficulty identifying faces, including familiar faces of relatives. There are many different levels of this condition, the most serious is that the sick person cannot distinguish between a face and another object, unable to even recognize his face.

Long sleep syndrome

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Just as the princess fell into an endless sleep, people with long-term sleep not only slept too much, but sleep was unusually long that lasted up to 20 hours a day, even weeks. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - the United States, prolonged sleep bouts can appear flu-like symptoms and when they are alert, people with this syndrome may show show different strange behaviors, including overeating, hallucinations or childish behavior. About 70% of people with this disorder are adolescent men (according to NINDS). Stimulant drugs are used to treat this syndrome and help reduce symptoms when a person reaches adulthood.

Mad cow disease syndrome (spongy brain disease)

People cannot get mad cow disease because it is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord of a cow. But it is called "mad cow disease" because it can make infected cows act more violent and stressful than usual. According to the US Food and Drug Administration; This disease is called spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease. But in the mid-1990s, a newly discovered disease was linked to mad cows in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Like mad cow disease, vCJD is a fatal brain degenerative disorder. The difference is that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can be caused by a gene mutation and can be passed down through generations. In addition, it may be due to eating contaminated or contaminated food from exposure to the central nervous system tissue of a cow infected with mad cow disease.

Strange arm syndrome (AHS)

AHS syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable abnormalities of limbs, usually hands. People with this movement disorder may also feel that the active arm or leg is not part of their body.

Common causes of AHS include stroke, brain tumor and neurodegenerative disease. Treatments may involve botox injections (temporarily weakening muscles) to keep the arm from working unintentionally. The arm syndrome is strange.

Rock people syndrome

Also known as petrified syndrome, this is a disorder of connective tissue where ligaments, tendons or skeletal muscles are gradually transformed into bone. People with petrified syndrome (FOP) will not be able to move and may have difficulty eating and breathing because their joints are like being locked in place.

Body syndrome

A form of neurological disorder first described in the 1880s by neurologist Jules Cotard. It involves a person who believes they are dead or lifeless or their body parts have been lost. The disease is usually seen in patients with severe depression.

Bacterial necrosis of raw meat

Live carnivorous bacteria are first discovered in soft tissues called fascia, surrounding muscles, blood vessels, nerves and fat. It also damages tissue near fascia. Many different bacteria can cause this type of infection, in which group A streptococcus (Streptococcus) is the most common cause. Infection can spread quickly and cause death but if detected early, it can be treated with antibiotics and surgery.

This necrosis is very rare, especially in healthy people. Taking care of wounds and staying away from hot tubs, swimming pools and natural waters (like lakes, rivers and seas) when suffering an open wound or infection is essential to prevent necrosis caused by This raw meat-eating bacterium.

Alice syndrome in wonderland Syndrome

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Named in a Canadian 1955 paper - Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), this syndrome is often associated with people with migraines and epilepsy. The patients may have distorted vision or their body parts are much larger or smaller than they really are.

This syndrome can also be caused by viral infection or formation as a result of drug use.