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5 Rare Diseases That Turn Their Carriers Into X-Men
We associate diseases with something unpleasant and often dangerous, and there are reasons for this. However, there are diseases that, at first glance, can be compared with superpowers.

5. SUPER MEMORY

Hyperthymesia is a memory condition whereby a person remembers an abnormally vast number of their life experiences in detail. There are only 60 people in the world with such a diagnosis. Patients can give a detailed description of any day from their life — even from their childhood. They can recite passages from books they read many years ago as well as news from any day of any year.
People suffering from hyperthymesia cannot misrepresent their memories or sugarcoat moments they would like to forget. They remember everything.

4. Insensitivity to pain

Congenital analgesia is a condition in which a person cannot feel physical pain. Surprisingly, despite the rareness of this syndrome, 40 cases have been stated in one village in Sweden.
At first glance, it seems that it’s a true superpower because the syndrome affects neither mental health nor appearance. The person just doesn’t feel any pain at all , perhaps a slight touch. The danger of the disease lies in the fact that a patient may not notice illnesses that cause pain. It’s especially dangerous for little children who can hurt themselves while playing, damage the cornea of their eye, bite a piece of their tongue, or not notice a broken bone.

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3. The ability to do practically everything.

Savant syndrome is a rare condition specific to individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism and Asperger syndrome. People with this condition are extremely talented in music, painting, calculations, cartography, and constructing 3D models.
Savants can instantly calculate multiplications of 3-digit numbers or name the day of the week of May 5, 3017. Stephen Wiltshire drew a detailed map of London after only one flight over the city.

2. INSENSITIVITY TO COLD

In addition to people who don’t feel pain, there are people who don’t feel cold. For instance, Wim Hof is a Dutchman who puzzled doctors with his ability to withstand extreme cold. He stayed immersed in ice for 120 minutes, climbed Mont Blanc dressed in nothing but shorts, and even swam under the ice of frozen reservoirs.
Specialists claim him to be a unique phenomenon, but Wim himself thinks that the ability to withstand cold is the result of his training.

1. COMPLETE ABSENCE OF FEAR.

Urbach—Wiethe disease is a rare genetic disorder that leads to a complete absence of fear . Only 300 cases are known, and a quarter of them occurred in South Africa.
The most famous patient "who knows no fear" is an American woman with the name S.M. (these initials were given to her to preserve her anonymity). Researchers tried to scare her in different ways: they gave her poisonous spiders and snakes, showed her horror films, and locked her in haunted houses. All the attempts were in vain.


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Hmmmm very nice. Being insensitive to pain can be a serious problem, d person can get seriously injured and bleed out if not noticed quickly.

Nna and u call it disease? Re u ok?

Abeg, what is the name of the disease our Nigerian leaders have??

This is serious magana

PrettySleek:
Hmmmm very nice. Being insensitive to pain can be a serious problem, d person can get seriously injured and bleed out if not noticed quickly.

RaaGhu:
Abeg, what is the name of the disease our Nigerian leaders have??

ability to steal without caution

Abi ooo!

KendrickAyomide:
ability to steal without caution

RaaGhu:
Abeg, what is the name of the disease our Nigerian leaders have??

Whining baby followership

Savant syndrome

crazy, but i'll prefer to have 200 orgasms in an hour instead, yeah dats nice

Wow!!. very nice and informative

nice

I think I got Hyperthymesia

Me like this no 4 o

None of these abilities is peculiar to any of the X-men character.

Who doesn't have that number 2? At least I am "insensitive" to harmatan cold. At least give me that. Wim Hof is not the only one.

Who doesn't have that number 2? At least I am "insensitive" to harmatan cold. At least give me that. Wim Hof is not the only one..

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mansakhalifa:
Who doesn't have that number 2? At least I am "insensitive" to harmatan cold. At least give me that. Wim Hof is not the only one.

My bro, I used to be like dat o! I wld sleep on a tennis board out in the cold with only combat shorts because my room wasn't cold enof. The harmatan season was my favourite season. But after I stopped lifting weights, got involved in an accident while jogging and after a major abdominal operation, mata change for me o. The whole situation just dey piss me off.

Ribajae:
crazy, but i'll prefer to have 200 orgasms in an hour instead, yeah dats nice

Well a lady has that condition and she's in great pain as we speak

Hozier:
None of these abilities is peculiar to any of the X-men character.

maginito

I love Music soo much, i used my school fees for two years to start my own studio. Pls wats my disease?

DeBlessedOne:
I love Music soo much, i used my school fees for two years to start my own studio. Pls wats my disease?

where is your studio located?

DeBlessedOne:
I love Music soo much, i used my school fees for two years to start my own studio. Pls wats my disease?

Airforce1 idiotism = its a non fatal disease that leads to abject poverty.. The disease was first discovered in the West African country of Nigeria. a nigerian cross dresser by the name of Airforce1 was afflicted with this disease and failed at his music carrier till he started selling groundnut and drinking imaginary champagne from plastic sippy cups