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15 Weird Diseases You May Not Know About
Warning: not for the squeamish…..
#1 Lamrey Disease: A Human Eye Disease
This really isn’t a disease, but you may have run across the images online. This disease looks scary, but it’s actually done by someone using the Photoshop program and it’s not real. It’s done by taking the Buccal Canal, which is the toothy part of the lamprey’s suction mouth and putting this on an eyeball. After some touch-ups, it looks like an infected eyeball.
#2 Porphyria-The Vampire Disease
This disease will remind you of a Hollywood vampire. The technical name is Porphyria and it’s a set of genetic disorders where the part of the hemoglobin called heme isn’t properly made and there’s a malfunction with the production of hemoglobin. The skin becomes sensitive to sunlight, they have red-colored urine or purple and the gums will shrink so the teeth are more prominent like canines and they have a negative reaction to garlic. They may get cramps or abdominal pain in some forms of the disease. They can have nervous system problems like mental disturbances, nerve damage or seizures.
#3 Progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome or Progeria as it’s commonly called is a very rare disease where there’s a fatal genetic condition…
