20 of the Strangest Medical Syndromes Ever

By Queuebot in Health on Feb 19, 2009 at 8:29 pm

Foreign accent syndrome, exploding head syndrome, werewolf syndrome, alien hand syndrome … walking corpse syndrome? Have you heard of any of these baffling (but completely real) medical conditions?

Werewolf Syndrome: Hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome, is a medical condition that causes the excessive growth of body hair — typically on the upper body, including the face. There are only 50 or so documented cases, and sufferers generally acquire it through genetic inheritance.

~~Link~~ Link redirected for some people to a spammy page, which ain’t cool. Too bad, because it was an interesting article.

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Tags: education, health, medical, mental, science

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thegr8jim
Feb 19th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
If I could, I’d pick FAS and talk like a pirate…
NO
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
troll not be gone! troll be here
eni
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Dunno if it’s just me, but the link isn’t correct.
Lukere
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
the link redirects me to http://www.medicalassistants.info/v3 which shows a form titled “Find Training in Your Area” and asks me for my name, street,….
katzebot
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Same here, which is a pity, because I was very interested in learning more about EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME. Actually, what I imagine that to look like makes me barf in my mouth/giggle a little.
Miss Curly
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Get rid of the farking QBot! Nothing but crap. I am so disappointed in this whole thing. It has ruined neatorama for me, dammit! I want the real neatorama back! Please! I emplore you!
Alicia
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
AAARRRGHH!! Stupid link! I really wanted to learn about Alien Hand Syndrome, too.

Here’s a weird one: Romberg’s disease can lead to spontaneous shrinkage of half (just half) of your head, including muscle and bone. Hemiatrophy. Just one more thing you didn’t imagine you’d have to worry about.
Sadie
Feb 19th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
But I don’t wanna be a nurse! That’s a shame, I was interested in reading this article. I have to say though, how else can you acquire the werewolf syndrome other than genetically? It’s a syndrome, so there’s no other way to get it. And now, because of a bad link, I’ll never know.
MO
Feb 19th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/465217/strange_syndromes_.htm l?cat=5
AlisonCJ
Feb 19th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I had the same thing, but then I googled “strangest medical syndromes” and found the post.. and it didn’t re-direct. Not sure why the link here does. Anyway.. try copying and pasting this into your browser?

http://www.medicalassistants.info/blog/20-strange-and-mysterious-medic al-syndromes
Patrick B
Feb 19th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I actually have the last one. Sinethesia. Certain sounds produced flashes of color. For me to see pure white of black I have to be in a completely quiet room or any sound will cause color flashse.
Alex
Feb 20th, 2009 at 1:11 am
I think they re-direct a portion of their traffic, which is not cool. Pulling the link now.
Elagie
Feb 20th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Those interested might check out thehumanmarvels.com — it might come off initially as a being a “freak sideshow” but it ends up underscoring the humanity and individuality of people who happened to be born different.
Rene Kriest / Depressionsblog.com
Feb 20th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I am suffering from Narcolepsy, which is an organic disorder. There is no cure only symptoms can be cured.

To make it short: I cannot stay awake without taking medicine. That’s indeed strange, hm?

It is a very rare disorder. Estimates say, that 0,04% of a population are prone to Narcolepsy.

The sad thing: it takes around 10 years until you are diagnosed because hardly any physician knows about the implications of this disease.

The good thing: there is medicine around, at least since a couple of years.
AlisonCJ
Feb 20th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Yeah I have some sinethesia too.. I taste colours, but only sometimes.. some stuff tastes blue or brownish-yellow etc. Apparently John Mayer and Jimi Hendrix both have it and it makes them see emotions in colour.. just look at the lyrics for Bold As Love!
Kitten
Feb 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I’m a fan of fatal familial insomnia.
Herschey
Feb 20th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Link works fine now. Trippy stuff!

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