Category: Health
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
Cutaneous Porphyria is also often referred to as the "Vampire Disease". It's actually a deficiency of enzymes in the body. The main symptom and inconvenience with this disease is that when the person ...
Elephantiasis is a disorder where there is a severe thickening in the skin that normally occurs in the limbs (particularly the legs) and genitals. An affected man's scrotum can be enlarge up to the ...
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), present in approximately 1 in million people, is a genetic disorder in which muscle tissue, ligaments, and tendons are gradually replaced with bone. Over ...
Genital Retraction Syndrome is a mental disorder in which an individual (mainly men) thinks that their penis (or breasts for women) is shrinking and in some cases think that it has completely ...
Hypertrichosis, also called the "werewolf syndrome", is a rare disorder where an individual has hair all over his or her body. This is so rare that there have only been about 50 cases verified in ...
Jerusalem Syndrome is an occurrence where a person visits Jerusalem and has religious delusions or psychotic events. Most times when this happens, the individual returns to the same mental state as ...
The Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder s a disease that affects the neurological center. A person with this condition will overreact or have an exaggerated reaction when startled. If a person ...