6 Most Weird and Rare Deseases in the World

Posted on November 16, 2011. Filed under: Informations |

Although there are many common diseases that we know not yet known cure, it turns out in the world is still a lot of strange health problems, no known cause, rare, let alone no cure. Here are 7 of the most bizarre and controversial.

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1. Morgellon Disease 

We may have experienced itching of the skin because there is something crawling on the skin. But there are some people who often feel there’s something moving under his skin.

Morgellon disease, the name of the disease, is a condition in which a person feels itchy and felt something crawling and biting under their skin.

According to the Morgellon Research Foundation, people who suffer from this condition also saw no layers or fibers that appear on his skin. They also suffered wounds in the skin, fatigue and memory impairment.

Cause of this disease is not yet known but some experts say these disorders are caused due to mental illness and others suggest that the trigger is a rare skin disorder.

2. Alien hand syndrome 

According to an article published in the journal Archives of Neurology in 2004, people who suffer from an alien hand syndrome often felt his hand move, reaching or grasping something out of control.

One example is the case of a 81-year-old grandmother who suddenly left hand strangling his own throat and punching his face. Grandma is also experiencing sensory and visual disturbances.

A study in 2009 showed people who suffer from an alien hand syndrome is most commonly caused by strokes on the right brain. Other studies mention the part of the brain that controls movement may be uniquely free to become active.

3. Cotard syndrome 

Cotard syndrome is often called delusions cotard and walking corpse syndrome is a rare condition where a person thinks he is dead or decaying body.

This syndrome is usually experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. But people who suffer from migraines, tumors or trauma are also reported frequently experiencing this strange disease.

4. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 

People suffering from this syndrome have an incredible body flexibility. They also often have skin that is easily stretched. But in general they are easily swollen skin and a long recovery.

Most people who suffer from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is known to have mutations of the gene COL5A1 and COL5A2. Estimated 1 in 5000 people have this syndrome. There are different types and variations of this syndrome.

5. No fear 
People who do not have fears included in a genetic disorder that causes hardening of the structure of the brain that are responsible for fear responses.

In 2010 there was a woman then reported the initials BC suffering from this disease. The woman did not have a fear response.

6. Crying Blood 

Shed tears of blood, or in medical language called haemolacria in general suffered by women of childbearing age who are menstruating. Although blood is not always seen in the eyes. Haemolacria can also occur because of serious eye diseases.

Sourceskompas.com

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