10 rare and strange diseases

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Those who often watch series about medicine are sure that you will not surprise them anymore no diseases and diagnoses. However, reality is much more whimsical than the fantasy of the scriptwriters.

Delusion of Kotar

This strange disease is characterized by the fact that patients feel as if they are dead and rotting, losing body parts. Such a disease is considered psychoneurological and is probably caused by a malfunction of the brain that recognizes emotions.

Lethargic encephalitis

Irresistible lethargic drowsiness, which causes a state similar to a coma, a decline in strength – all these are just a few symptoms of a strange disease, which is still not fully understood by scientists. An epidemic of lethargic encephalitis was observed in 1916-1930, affecting at least half a million Europeans.

Alice syndrome

Named after the main character of Lewis Carroll's fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland”, It is a reference to one of the episodes of the plot, when Alice sometimes increased, then decreased.

People suffering from the syndrome feel as if their limbs are rapidly contracting or expanding. It seems to them that objects are smaller than they really are. According to research, the cause of this syndrome may be a migraine.

Exploding head syndrome

Those who suffer from this condition report hearing in their head extremely loud sounds like gunshots or cymbals hitting. If left untreated, this condition can cause sleep problems.

Congenital analgesia

People with this disease do not feel physical pain, so they can self-mutilate and not even realize it.

Progressive ossifying fibrodysplasia

It is genetic a disease in which soft tissue turns into bone after trauma or other trauma. The disease can eventually cause joints and muscles to become stiff and enlarged.

Morgellons Disease

In this state, it seems to a person that someone is crawling and biting or stabbing his body. Patients complain that insects are walking on their bodies. According to the Morgellons Research Foundation, some even report strange dark threads or fibers breaking out of their skin.

Dancing Mania

Also known as “Dancing Mania” plague”. An epidemic of this strange disease occurred in the 14th-17th centuries in Europe. Residents of the German city of Aachen began to take to the streets in an uncontrolled dance. They whirled and writhed until they collapsed from exhaustion. Many suffered broken ribs or cardiac arrest after the event.

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Prader-Willi Syndrome is a complex genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body. Most patients develop an insatiable appetite in childhood, which leads to chronic overeating and obesity.

Capgra error

Capgra error is a condition in which a person believes , that a person or group of people has been replaced by doubles or imposters.