#5 – Allergic to Water
Rash or bubbles appears on the skin in contact with water when person suffers from allergy to water. If a person with this disorder washes, then formed on his/her face rash will last up to two hours. Basically, the disease affects the female half of humanity as a teenager. The treatment does not exist, but the use of antihistamines and steroids facilitates the course of the disease.
#4 – Cotard's Syndrome
Cotard's syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person believes that he/she is dead. This illusion is so strong that the skin and soft tissues can begin to die and bleed, and agencies - to refuse. The disease is caused by damage to certain parts of the brain. The treatment is not available, although doctors prescribe antidepressants and shock therapy.
#3 – Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva turns soft body tissues (tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) into bone tissue. Since the soft tissues harden, then the person can not move. The process begins in childhood with mainly the cervical and slowly drops lower. People have difficulty breathing, they turn into a living statues. Such patients do not usually live up to 40 years.
#2 – Kleine-Levin Syndrome
Kleine-Levin Syndrome or Sleeping Beauty is one of the diseases associated with sleep disorders. People suffering from such a disease, can sleep 21 hours a day. The syndrome is mainly manifested episodically. Despite the name, the disease occurs mostly among men: they constitute 70% of all patients. The root of the problem lies in the hypothalamic dysfunction. This is quite a rare disease - 1 case of FOP is accounted by 1 million people. After the first attack symptom may occur after 8-13 years again.
#1 – Fatal Familial Insomnia
Fatal familial insomnia is another sleep disorder. It is caused by disorders of the brain and prion disease that occurs as a result of violations of protein formation, which leads to gene mutations. For the first time this symptom manifests itself in middle age as a simple insomnia, compounded over time, and even leads to changes in the external facial features. The treatment does not exist. patient death can occur within 12-16 months.
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