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Proteus Syndrome

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Proteus Syndrome, otherwise known as Wiedemann Syndrome, causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development within the human body. Tumors tend to cover the majority of the body of those afflicted. Teams of doctors in Australia have tested a drug to help patients affected by Proteus Syndrome, which has been found to be an effective treatment option.

Argyria

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Argyria is a disease caused by too much exposure to chemical compounds of silver. The worst symptom of the disease is the skin turning blue or a bluish-grey. Large areas of the body are affected by the disease, though some areas can be localized, such as in patches of skin. A laser is said to help for silver ingestion, though some have died from the disease.

Polydactylism

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Polydactylism, or the disease where extra fingers or toes are present on the body, is considered to be one of the more common diseases within the development of birth. One out of every 500 children have Polydactylism. The extra finger or toe tends to be nothing more than soft tissue with no bone. Surgery to remove the extra digit is the only option.

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva has been called the Stone Man Syndrome. This rare disease is found within the connective tissue of the body, and is known as a mutation of the body’s repair mechanism. This, unfortunately, causes fibrous tissue to regrow as bone when damaged. Sufferers are slowly imprisoned by the skeleton within their own body. There is no known cure for the disease.

Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis

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Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, also known as tree man illness, is extremely rare and genetic. Patients feature an abnormal, red-brown macules on the face, neck, and body. Some cases feature lesions limited to only one extremity. Unfortunately, no serious treatment for EV has been found. Treatments have been suggested, though excisions tends to be the best option available.

Mynd44,Lalasticlala

Cotard’s Delusion

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Cotard’s Delusion is a rare mental disease, where the person affected believes themselves to be completely dead. Some people afflicted, however, believe themselves to be completely immortal. Schizophrenia is quite common in many patients too. Treatment generally involves pharmacological drugs. Hemodialysis tends to resolve all symptoms.

Lymphatic Filariasis

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Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is caused from a parasitic worm. Cases of the disease have no symptoms at first, though individuals ultimately develop massive amounts of swelling in the arms, legs, or genitals. Skin becomes thicker, and pain can occur. Treatment is available in some cases, including antibiotics to deal with infection.

Alien Hand Syndrome

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Alien Hand Syndrome is an incredibly rare neurological disease that causes random hand movements without the individual knowing what is happening or having any control. The person can reach for objects and manipulate them without them knowing about it. Unfortunately, there is no known cure for Alien Hand Syndrome. Symptoms can be reduced and managed, however. Holding an object within the affected hand can help a great deal.

Menkes Disease

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Menkes Disease affects the level of copper within the body, leading to a deficiency. This recessive disorder is far more common within males, though females are capable of getting it too. Symptoms tend to begin later in childhood in rare cases. Weak muscle tone, sagging facial features, seizures, blue sclera, and brittle hair are the most common symptoms of Menkes. Treatment includes symptomatic and supportive, though injections of copper can benefit the patient.

Necrotizing Fasciitis

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Necrotizing Fasciitis is a rare disease that is commonly known flesh-eating disease. This rare infection occurs within the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues. These people tend to receive intense pain and severe trauma. Skin becomes discolored and blistered, and a discharge of fluid is present. Surgery is the only way to remove the problem, unfortunately. Mortality rates are as high as 73 percent if left untreated.

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome sounds like something that was completely made up, but it isn’t, though it is named after the novel by Lewis Carroll. Symptoms include hallucinations, disorientation, dysmetropsia, or size distortion. Symptoms are common within childhood, but most grow out of it within their teens. Symptoms are not harmful and will disappear in time.

Exploding Head Syndrome

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Exploding Head Syndrome sounds like something out of a bad horror movie, but it’s actually a serious disease affecting thousands around the world. Symptoms of the disease are what sounds like a bomb exploding, a gun firing off, a clash of cymbals, or another form of loud noise within one’s head while trying to sleep. There are no symptoms of pain, swelling or any other physical aspect, however. Individuals over 50 tend to be the most common recipients, but people as young as 10 have reported occurrences, to

There are an unfortunate number of people currently living around the world who are experiencing some of the rarest, weirdest diseases known to man. Some of these are probably unheard of by many of you, but they do exist, and they are affecting the daily lives of those who are unlucky enough to have come down with the symptoms. There are treatments in some cases, but not all are so lucky. In fact, the majority have no known treatment and they still baffle doctors everywhere.

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Kidnapping the bride

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Practiced in many countries throughout Africa and Asia it can often lead into woman being raped and/or forced into marriage, especially in nations like Rwanda.

Serious Business

In the Congo, if you want to ruin someone’s wedding just hire a comedian. In order for the marriage to be taken seriously the bride and groom are not allowed to smile throughout the entire ceremony.


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Strawboys

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One of the stranger wedding traditions on our list, this one comes to us from the Irish counties of Leitrim and Mayo. In these counties there are 9 young men that are collectively designated as “straw boys”. On the eve before the wedding the strawboys go to the house of the bride and dance with her. If there are any other women in the home they dance with them too.

Massai mucous

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At a Massai wedding in Kenya it is not uncommon to see the bride’s father bless his daughter by spitting on her head and breasts before she leaves the village with her new husband.

Motherly Assistance


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In some tribes in Africa it is a custom for the mother of the bride to join the bride and groom in the bedroom in order to show the bride how it’s done
Although this is usually a village elder, sometimes it can be the brides own mother. And you thought your parents were nosy.

Human Rug

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After the wedding reception is over in French Polynesia, the relatives of the bride all lay side by side in the grass with their face pressed into the ground. The newly weds then walk over them.

The bride and groom then walk across them like some sort of human rug.

Arrow Shots

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In Yugur culture, which is a part of an ethnic Chinese minority, the groom is scheduled to shoot his bride with a bow and arrow right before the wedding three times. The arrows aren’t equipped with arrowheads, but the act is still considered one that builds trust.

In Yugur culture (an ethnic Chinese minority) the groom will actually shoot his bride with a bow and arrow before the wedding…three times. Ok, so the arrows don’t have arrowheads, but still, thats like getting shot with rubber bullets. Once the deed is done, the groom will collect the arrows and break them, thus ensuring that they will love each other forever.

Feet On The Ground

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During the celebration in Ireland, the bride’s feet must at all times stay on the floor so the evil fairies can’t sweep her away.
The Irish believe that if they don’t, evil fairies will come and sweep her away. The logic? Evil fairies like beautiful things. The bride is beautiful. The fairies can only get to her if she is not touching the ground

Whale Tooth

To get married in Fiji, a man must bring a tooth of a whale to his future wife’s father. So in order to get married, a man must face the largest mammal on Earth and steal a tooth.
Lets think about this, excluding the black market the only place in the world to get a whale tooth is in the mouth of the largest mammal on earth, which also happens to spend most of its time underwater. That’s true love.

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Toilet Ban

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The Tidong tribes that live in Northern Borneo ban the newly married couples from going to the toilet either to urinate or empty their bowels for three days straight. It’s supposed to mark bonding time between the wife and the husband.

In France, after the wedding ceremony is complete, the friends of the bride and groom would collect all of the leftovers, bits of trash, and anything else they deem to be sufficiently gross within a toilet bowl which they would then force the bride and groom to drink out of. Although these days the trash is often substituted with chocolate, you’re still drinking brown stuff out of a real live toilet bowl.

Married To A Tree

Indian women who are born as Mangliks are considered to be cursed. That’s why marriage isn’t an option for them unless they first marry a tree that is then destroyed so the curse gets broken.

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Chick Killings

Daurs of Chinese Inner Mongolia have a weird tradition of expecting the bride and groom to kill a baby chick while holding the knife together. The purpose of this is to find a healthy looking liver that will serve as the sign that their relationship is healthy and ready for marriage as well.

In order to finalize the wedding date the bride and groom are required to kill a baby chick while holding the knife together. They then proceed to gut the chick and inspect it’s liver. If the liver looks good then they are allowed to set a date. If not, then they have to repeat the process until they find a satisfactory liver.

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Blackening Of The Bride

To get the blessing to go get married in Scotland, you’ll have to endure gross things getting thrown at you. Mostly it’s oil and other equally disgusting thick liquids that will blacken the bride. After that, the bride gets tied to a tree. The purpose of this exercise is to prepare the bride for the difficulties of marriage.

Now imagine all of your friends throwing those things at you, covering you in grossness, and then tying you to a tree. This is the typical pre-marital humiliation that Scottish brides endures in certain parts of the country. Supposedly if you can handle this you can handle anything, including marriage.

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