Top 10 rare and horrifying diseases

There are diseases in the world that can surprise and even scare very much. Unfortunately, many of them can not be cured and a person suffering from a very rare disease causes very mixed feelings - both surprise and horror.

ILive brings to your attention the rarest and most bizarre diseases.

Elephant fever (elephantiasis)

A person suffering from this disease, there is an increase in any part of the body several times. The cause of this ailment is parasitic nematode or vice of lymphatic system, which causes disturbance of lymphatic circulation or blockage of lymphatic vessels. This disease is most often found in the tropics, where a person is infected with filarias - parasitic worms, carriers of which are mosquitoes.

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Cicero's Disease

This disorder causes people to eat inedible things, such as land, coal, paper, glue and even feces. Scientists can not explain the reason for this behavior, but there is an assumption that this may be due to mineral deficiency in the body.

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Syndrome "Alice in Wonderland"

This is a neurological disorder that disrupts a person's visual perception. The surrounding objects in the field of view of the sick person are distorted and he sees them much smaller than they really are. Such disorders can develop against migraines, epilepsy or under the influence of narcotic drugs.

Syndrome of the living dead

Yes, some people suffering from this rare disease actually think that they are no longer alive. Often this condition is accompanied by suicidal tendencies and depression. Sometimes the confidence in one's own death is reinforced by the hallucinations of the rotting body of the crawling worms on it.

Vampire disease

Some people really are obliged to avoid sunlight in order to survive. When sunlight hits their skin, it starts to blister, it seems to the person that it burns.

Allergy to water or water urticaria

It's amazing, but there is such a disease, when a person simply can not wash properly because of an allergic reaction to water. Upon contact with water, red bands and blisters appear on the body, which causes painful sensations. Unfortunately, there is no treatment for this disease yet.

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Necrotizing fasciitis

This is a very terrible disease in which the tissue under the skin is destroyed. The skin acquires a purple hue and can develop gangrene. This is a rare disease, but the mortality rate of patients with this problem is 73%. Bacteria that fall under the skin and provoke the disease, remain forever in the body.

Hutchinson-Gilford disease

Syndrome of genetic malfunction causes fast "rewind" of a person's life forward, that is, rapid aging. Such patients die approximately at the age of 13 years. As a result, they look like old men, and their companions are illnesses typical for the elderly.

Syndrome of an exploding head

Patients with this diagnosis constantly hear noise and voices in their heads, they are worried and alarmed. Some describe attacks as an explosion in the head of a bomb, and some describe them as the sounds of a stringed instrument. Although the etiology of this syndrome is still unknown, there are suggestions that this is associated with stress and fatigue.

Werewolf Syndrome

Patients with this rare disease suffer from increased hair loss, or rather abnormal growth of hair on the body and on the face. The cause of the disease are genetic mutations.