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Monstrous disease of those who want to remove their limbs
People with an identity disorder of the body are always obsessed that they have a certain part of their body, legs or eyes, so they have to find a way to eliminate it.
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Mysterious mutation of the gene causes the human body to double
A rare genetic disorder that causes the patient to become swollen if there is an allergic reaction is causing a headache for scientists who have not found an explanation…
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Spasticity immediately by Guillain - Barré syndrome
After about one week of diarrhea, male patients with weakened limbs, loss of tendon reflexes, doctors identified Guillain - Barré syndrome, ie nerve root inflammation.
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American girls have strange diseases when changing their skin every 4 hours
Harper Foy, in Washington, USA is believed to be the youngest person in the world with a disease that makes skin grow 7-10 times faster than normal people.
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Young woman living in plastic pots for strange disease
Losing the ability to use limbs since childhood, Rahma Haruna, 19, (Nigeria), is placed in a plastic basin for transportation and living.
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The 5-year-old girl has half her body growing faster than the other half
Lilli-Mai Queen, a 5-year-old girl from Lancaster, England, suffers from a rare syndrome called Beckwith Wiedemann, making her right half body grow faster than the left…
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Glybera - A medicine for the rich only
Glybera gene therapy helps treat rare diseases and has yielded very positive results.
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Rare insomnia kills two generations of Australian families
Australian sisters Lachlan and Hayley Webb have grandmother, mother, aunt and he all died of insomnia for days or months.
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She has a face deformed by rare syndrome
Alesha Wilcock, 7, of England, suffers from a rare form of skin disorder that distorts her face.
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Her grandmother grew a strange long horn on her head
Doctors in China have just received an extremely rare case: a nearly 90-year-old grandmother horned over 12cm above her head.
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Strange disease: He has a big fear
A 14-year-old boy in Mexico was especially afraid, so much so that he tried to hide or suppress the development in ways such as restricting eating and distorting his voi…
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The 5 most bizarre disorders in the world
Syndrome: crying like cats, biting people, panic, face slitting, or twitching ... is very rare in people but strangely there are times when these diseases develop into a…
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Girls with disease do not know pain
14-year-old Gabby in Minnesota, USA, suffers from an extremely rare disease. He does not know pain even if he chews his fingers or pokes, scratches his eyes.
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The boy had skin flakes like fish scales
Rarely, an 18-month-old boy's skin thickens and flakes every day and has to look for eye drops regularly to blink.
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The woman could only run backwards
Due to a rare neurological disorder, a middle-aged woman can only run backwards, instead of moving forward like a normal person.