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UNUSUAL AND RARE DISEASES

Modern medicine is developing, and now
many diseases that were previously considered
incurable are successfully corrected and
treated. However, in the world to this day
there are a number of physical and mental
diseases that are difficult to treat. Many of
them are extremely rare, and patients
suffering from them can be counted on the
fingers.
HUTCHINSON’S DISEASE

Progeria, or Hutchinson's disease, is one of the

most famous rare diseases. Due to congenital
genetic anomalies, the body of a small child
begins to age at a tremendous rate. At the
same time, his psychological development
remains, as expected, at the children's level.
 The appearance of the child becomes characteristic of the disease when
he is 2 or 3 years old. He is diagnosed with severe stunting, loss of skin
elasticity, lack of hairline. Veins appear on thin and pale skin.

Progeria is twice as common in boys as in girls.

Around the world, approximately 80 people with this
pathology are officially registered. Death from
progeria occurs at the age of 10-13, but there are
cases when patients live up to 27-30 years. In Japan,
a kind of record was set when a person lived to be 45
years old and died of progressive heart failure.
ARGYRIA

"Blue skin syndrome", or argyrosis, doctors had to

observe, at least in two different parts of the globe.
The first case was in California resident Paul
Carason. His skin took on a silvery blue color when
he was 57 years old. The reason for the dramatic
change in the skin was the uncontrolled use of a silver-
based balm, which Paul made himself.
 A similar phenomenon
occurred in Russia. A
resident of Kazan, Valery V.,
once simply dripped drops
into his nose, which included
silver, as a result of which
his hair brightened
dramatically, and his skin
turned silver-blue.
 FOREIGN LANGUAGE SYNDROME

One of the patients, American Michelle

Myers, went to bed in the evening with a
terrible headache in 2015. When she woke
up, she realized that she had a British
accent that stayed with her for years to
come. Prior to that, according to Myers,
after the same severe headaches, she woke
up with Irish and Australian accents, but
they disappeared after a week.

This pathology is not associated with genes, but, as a

rule, with head injuries or strokes. With the disease,
patients' speech is still intelligible, but they use
pronunciation and intonations that are characteristic of
another language. To date, only about 60 cases of the
syndrome are known.
 Ultraviolet is dangerous not only for fictional
vampires, but also for heavy people suffering from
xeroderma disease. This is a hereditary disease that
XERODERMA causes adverse effects of ultraviolet radiation.

The disease usually manifests itself at the age of two or

three years. Peeling, irritation, spots on the skin.
With each episode of the appearance of the
manifestation of light, the symptoms are aggravated.
A few years later, skin atrophy, uneven pigmentation,
vascular formations, cracks, and crusts are observed in
places.
The disease is not only the skin, but also the connective
tissue. As a result, over time, the nostrils, auricles, and
mouth are deformed. In the final stage of development,
benign and malignant tumors arise. 2/3 of patients die
before the age of 15 years.
The fact that there are often no existing effective
cures adds to the high level of pain and suffering
endured by patients and their families.

Rare diseases not only affect the person diagnosed –

they also impact families, friends, care takers and
society as a whole.
The European Union considers a disease as
rare when it affects less than 1 in 2,000
citizens. Rare diseases currently affect 3.5% –
5.9% of the worldwide population. Over 6,000
different rare diseases have been identified to
date. 72% of rare diseases are genetic whilst
others are the result of infections, allergies and
environmental causes.
YOU CAN'T BUY HEALTH, YOU CAN ONLY PAY FOR IT.

Don’t be sick
and be
happy!!!