Often called "flesh eating bacteria" or "flesh eating disease", necrotizing fascitis is a rare infection of the deep layers of skin on a person's body. Actually, the term "flesh eating" is very misleading because the bacteria doesn't actually eat the flesh but instead deteriorates the flesh.
Hypertrichosis, also called the "werewolf syndrome", is a rare disorder where an individual has hair all over his or her body. This is so rare that there have only been about 50 cases verified in history.
A parasitic twin is similar to a Siamese or conjoined twin, but with a major difference. The cause is the same in that the twins never fully separated. The difference is that a parasitic twin is completely dependent on survival from the other twin. The parasitic twin may appear as an additional ...
Elephantiasis is a disorder where there is a severe thickening in the skin that normally occurs in the limbs (particularly the legs) and genitals. An affected man's scrotum can be enlarge up to the size of a basketball. This disease is caused by parasitic worms and transmitted by mosquitoes. Most ...
Progeria s an extremely rare genetic condition that only happens in one out of every 8 million births. Often called the rapid aging disease, children with progeria have an average life span of only 13 years old though there have been a few rare cases of people surviving into their late teens and ...
Often called "fish odor syndrome" or "fish malodor syndrome", trimethylaminuria is a metabolic disorder which makes an individual's breath, urine, and perspiration have a strong fish odor. Caused by an enzyme deficiency, these people are often not popular among humans, but have a great following ...
Pica is an eating disorder in about 25% of all children. It is a disorder where a child craves non-food items such as glue or paste, dirt, clay, laundry starch, cigarette butts, dirt, clay, laundry starch, feces, and toothpaste.
As you may suspect because of the prefix "aqua", aquagenic urticaria is an allergy to water. This a very rare condition in which a person gets itchy hives, and in severe cases, painful welts when coming in contact with water.
