Weird and Unusual Medical Mysteries

Believe it or not weird medical mysteries really do exist. There are so many strange and unusual disease and disorders that most people haven't heard of, but yet they are very real and exist within this society; however rare they might be.

Many things can go wrong with the human body, both physically and mentally. Mostly you will hear of common ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome and other common disorders. But there exist other medical mysteries that you don't usually hear of. These are the cases that most people find very fascinating and very unusual.

Take the "walking corpse" disorder, for example. In the late 1800s this psychiatric disorder was first described. With this disorder, people think they have lost their body parts or even their souls. Sometimes they'll even think that they'll have died. It's also known as Cotard's syndrome. It's usually found in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Other mysterious mental disorders include "Alice-in-Wonderland" syndrome in which patient's sens of time, space and body image are distorted. People with this disorder will see others as tiny or they may feel that part of their body or shape or size has been changed or altered.

One with Jumping Frenchmen of Main disorder would be extremely startled by an unexpected noise or sight. People with this disorder start to flair their arms or cry out and repeat words when startled. This disorder was first identified in some of Maine's lumberjacks of French-Canadian origin. This disorder has been seen in other parts of the world as well.

Another strange and unusual disorder is werewolf syndrome. With this syndrome, one might grow dark hairy patches on their faces- looking like a werewolf except without the sharp teeth and claws. There is a family in Mexico where the men are completely covered from their faces to their bodies with hair.

There also exists a blue skin disorder. With this, people have no serious illnesses, just blue skin. It seems to have been a trait that was passed down from generation to generation. People with this condition have blue, plum, indigo or almost purple skin.

If you have vampire disease you might go out of your way, at great lengths, to avoid the sun. If caught in the sun, your skin will blister. Some people with vampire disease will have pain and blistering as soon as the sun touches their skin.

Another strange disease is elephantitis. It's also known as Lymphatic filariasis. Most people have heard of this and have seen the pictures of people with grossly enlarged or swollen arms and legs. This disease is caused by parasitic worms, and other things that are all transmitted by mosquitoes. This disease affects around 120 million people around the world and 40 million of these people have serious disease.

One of the strangest is Fish Odor Syndrome. Someone with this syndrome cannot produce a certain substance in the body that's needed to break down another substance and this causes the persons sweat, urine, breath and other body areas to smell of rotten fish or eggs.

Someone with Capgras Syndrome, an extremely rare disorder, will believe that a loved one in their life is being impersonated by an impostor. Because of this, the person might attack the supposed impostor and cause possible harm. This syndrome can go as far as the person themselves looking into a mirror and not believing the person they see is themselves. They might think the image in the mirror is an impostor of themselves.

And lastly, but not the final strange disorder in existence, is Jerusalem Syndrome. It's a form of religious psychosis sparked by a visit to Jerusalem and it's not confined to any one religion. People with this syndrome believe that they are prophets or messengers from the Lord and start parading around delivering their own sermons, and start obsessing about virtue and cleanliness and will often ask sinners to repent their sins. This syndrome seems to disappear after a few weeks or when the person leaves the area.

There are so very many rare and unusual medical mysteries and oddities and this list is just a short one. It really is amazing to look at all of these medical mysteries and know that these are real and do exist. People with these diseases or disorders are sometimes alone or sometimes very secluded. It's important to remember these people and to try to understand what they are going through. It's important to recognize that these disorders and diseases do exist and that we can all do our part by trying to understand them.