1. The woman with 200 daily orgasms
Sarah Carmen, (24) is a girl who gets very good vibrations from almost anything. She suffers from Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS), which increase blood velocity in the genitals.
'Sometimes I do so much sex to calm down enough, that I get bored. And the guy doesn't make any effort, because I reach the orgasm too fast,' says Sarah.
2. The men who never gains weight
Mr. Perry (59) can eat anything he wishes without gaining weight. He can't gain any extra pound because he suffers from lipodystrophy - a disease that burns very quickly every calorie.
When he was little, he was an ordinary child, with a normal weight. At the age of 12 years he lost any fat, almost overnight. Initially, he started to eat more, but without any result,
His body produces 6 times more insulin than the normal level. The doctors were laughing saying that his illness is the dream of all the fat ones.
3. The man who doesn't feel the cold
Dutchman Win Hof, known as the Iceman, is the man who swims under the frozen water and doesn't feel anything. He climbed the Blanc Mountains in shorts in the winter and he is always opened to new challenges.
The science can't give any explanation, but Dutchman can stay in the cold at temperatures that would kill instantly an ordinary person.
4. The girl who is allergic to water
The teenager Ashleigh Morris can't go swimming, can't enjoy a not bath and can't have a shower after a stressful day at work- she is allergic to water. Even the fact that she sweats is a pain.
Ashleigh (19) is allergic to water, and she is in this situation since she was 14. She suffers from a skin disease called aquagenic urticaria- there are only a few cases worldwide.
5. The woman who can't forget
This is the story of AJ, an extraordinary woman in the age of 40 years who remembers everything.
If you accidentally choose a date and ask her what happened, she will tell you exactly and detailed everything she did that day. She even knows how the weather was.
The disease is called: hyperthymestic syndrome.
6. The girl who eats only Tic-Tac
Meet Natalie Cooper, a 17 years old teenager who gets sick if she eats. Well, she can eat only mint Tic- Tac.
For reasons that doctors can't explain, the girl can eat only tic-tac, without worsening her situation. She receives the rest of 'food' through a special tube.
Sources: health.discovery.com/convergence/medicalincredible/episodes.htm, rarediseases.about.com, www.rarediseases.org/search/rdblist.html, www.medscape.com/viewarticle/524633
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