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More than 2000 years ago, when all of us in our generation do not exist yet,
diseases are one of the major issues on earth. How painful it is for people who have such diseases to be stigmatized. Normal people are inhumanly treating them, like theyve already lost their dignity, they turned out to be the most annoying, unreliable and the most scariest living thing on earth. Leprosy, Elephantiasis, and Progeria are just few of the most known disease in the history. But modern medical technology can now help those persons who are suffering from such diseases. They are now being treated as it should be, they now getting the proper medication. Lets review the 7 freakiest medical conditions, and what are their cure.
than the basketball. Sexual activities are not in the vocabulary of these victims. Elephantiasis is caused by filariasis, this is a type of parasite. It is considered as a infectious tropical disease, that is caused by thread like roundworms, that you could be transmitted through black flies and mosquito bites. The elephantiasis is the first discovered disease transmitted by mosquito bites. The obvious symptoms of this disease are;
3. PROGERIA - Means prematurely old. This disease affects children that speeds up
their aging physically. The progeria have a transformation on the gene that encodes Lamin A, it is a protein that clasp the nucleus of the cell as one. The defective Lamin A protein affects the nucleus, as the result, children who have defective Lamin A seems to lead to the age to fast. Experts says that this disease is not hereditary, they say its just to a rare gene change which happens merely by chance. Its heartbreaking but children who suffers from this disease only last until the age of 8, luckily if they make it until the age of 21. Below are the characteristics of a child with Progeria Disease; LOSS OF BODY FAT LOSS OF HAIR HIP DISLOCATION GROWTH FAILURE HEART DISEASE STROKE
4. PICA DISEASE - Is described as an appetite for substances that are nonnutritious. For these measures to be considered pica, a person must persist more than 30 days of eating objects such as; chalk, soap, soil, dirt, plates, metal blades or anything that they could think of eating. People who suffers from this disease or mental illness are dying because of internal problems, mainly in the intestine. There are different types of pica, it depends on the
Pica is commonly seen on children and women, whoah! Im gonna be scared to death if i found out that my girlfriend has a pica disease, she might eat my genital organs while doing the deed. Instead of creating a sweet PornGun Movie, it might turn out into a scary horror film. This is not a joke, it can really happen, because women who suffers from this disease have larger possibilities of having mental disorder, because of the toxins that they are ingesting from the things that they are eating. You are in danger of pica disease if you love to eat these following things; SOIL ANIMAL FECES HAIR WOOD PAPER GLASS METAL CHALK
5. HYPERTRICHOSIS
- This is described as the people who are wolf-like in characteristics. Their faces are covered with thick hair. This is noticeable upon birth. Their body will eventually be covered by hair, from head to foot. This disease has no cure, they will bring it until they grow old. Most of the people who has this disease are
being bullied in school, they are marked as a living wolverine. Both men and women affected by this disease because of the defective gene s from their parents. The line ends in family members who are born with normal hair growth.
People who have these kinds of diseases or illness deserves to be treated as normal human being. We never know the hardships and pain that they are feeling of each day of their lives. They deserve to be treated equally.