Pretzel Syndrome
Malformed skeleton, brain, and other organs; also electrolyte imbalance
Polyhydramnios (an excess of amniotic fluid) of mothers seems like the leading cause of this disease
Progeria (accelerated aging)
Hutchinson Guildford Progeria (full name)
Accelerated Aging Effects
average life span is 13 years
Kallman's Syndrome (no puberty)
defect that causes the pituitary gland and hypothalamus stopping sexual hormone production
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
sufferer's life expected to end in the early 20s
Gigantism
Pituitary Giantism
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk
Momo Syndrome
macrosomia, a combination of three conditions: obesity (excess weight), macrocephaly (large head) and ocular (of the eyes)
Dwarfism
Primordial
thought to be caused by incorrect collagen structure
only arms/legs are small; the torso is average sized
Double Muscle
Wendy the Incredible Whippet
myostatin-related hypertrophy
Speech Disorder
Foreign Language Syndrone
Electrosensitivity
Allergic to Modern Technology
Strange Growths
The Boy with a Tumor for a Face
Proteus Syndrome
tumor-like growths of skin and bone appear as those with this grow
Elephant Man
may have been caused by a combination of Neurofibromatosis (NF1) and Proteus Syndrome that affected his bones, skin and nervous system
Jordan
lives in Bexhill-on-Sea with mum Tracy and dad Dean
Multiple Legs
Three Legged Man
had three legs and two hearts
The Man With Three Legs
legs were of three different lengths
had an extra set of genitals
No Legs (Half-a-Body)
RoseMarie (Rose) Siggins
deformed legs that were amputated by doctors at a young age
Limb Deficiency (No/Very Little Arms/Legs)
Sirenomelia - Mermaid Syndrome
born with legs fused together
genitals are obscured making gender identification hard
Two Faces
Baby girl in the rural Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh
Edward Mordake "Poor Edward"
face on the back of the head
The Two-Headed Boy of Bengal
No Face
born without several face bones (but technically still has a face)
Chimera
Genetic Chimerism; having two sets of DNA
mothers can have children who DNA test to be NOT RELATED
True Hermaphroditism
born with genital parts of both sexes
Two Wombs
born with two wombs, two cervixes and two vaginas
Twins
Parasitic
Handsome, Healthy, Happy Hindoo
Cojoined
Abigail and Brittany Hensel
appear as two heads on one body
control muscles and feel sensations on their side of their body above the torso
Maria de Jesus (Josie) and Maria Theresa (Teresita) Alvarez
Stone Baby
Zahra Aboutalib is the mother
baby remained in body when it's birth was stalled
baby remained in mother's body for 46 years
Mike the Headless Chicken
Horns
Lurch the Watusi Bull - Giant horns
"Unicorn" the one horned roe deer
Werewolf Syndrome
Jesus Fajardo Manuel Aceves
Proprioceptive Dysfunction
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
suffer from maple syrup-smelling urine
also experience poor feeding, vomiting, hypotonia and neurological decline
if untreated, person will eventually get brain damage and die
Skin Condition
Harlequin Ichthyosis (Harlequin Babies)
skin grows faster than normal
body eventually becomes encased within an 'armor' of skin
Savant
Daniel Paul Tammet
Savant that isn't debilitated
Kim Peek
original "Rain Man" that inspired the movie
Synesthesia
associating numbers/letter and colors
Eidetic memory
can accurately recall images, sounds, or objects from memory
Perfect Memory
can remeber any time in the past as if it were recent
stronger than Eidetic memory
"7 second" Memory
cannot form new memories nor recall past memories
retains only implicit memory (speech, skills, feelings for people, etc)
happened suddenly (i.e. no dramatic accident); a virus (cold sore virus) crossed over into his brain
Hemispherectomy (life with only Half a Brain)
if brain half is removed early enough, brain can rewire itself to regain full control of body
Unsatible Urge to Write/Paint/Express
Unusual Apitite
Can only stomach Tic Tacs
Pica
Urge to eat non-edible items
Supertaster
stronger tasting ability possibly due to extra fungiform papillae
can taste bitterness where normal people can't
Persistent Insomnia
Reflex
Jumping frenchman disorder
cataplexy
strong emotion causes dramatic weakening of muscles
Waking from YEARS of Coma (a real-life Rip Van Winkle)
Lung Capacity (Deep Diving Ability)
Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome
Lipodystrophy (rapidy body fat usage)
Ipex Syndrome
immune system won't shut off
Dystonia (uncured cramping & twitching)
some sufferers get cramps of the throat limiting/preventing speech
some sufferers' eyes uncontrollably blink or remain shut
Tourette's Syndrome
unvoluntary twitches, tics, and verbal outbursts
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
must stay out of sun to live
Moebius Syndrome
lack of certain facial muscles
cannot smile , frown, or exhibit many other facial expressions
often sleep with opened eyes
cannot move eyes to the side
Eye
Routine Eye Swell/Shuting
+/- Color Vision
Tetrachromacy (Super Color Vision)
brain damage
Color blindness caused by BRAIN DAMAGE
+/- Fingers/Toes
Polydactyly
baby boy from Leizhou, Guangdong 16 toes
"dragon girl" 12 fingers/toes
Lobster Claw Syndrome
Ostrich People of Zimbabwe
Cone Head
skull fuses together and refuses to grow anymore; brain must grow in a new direction
Survived Rabies
put under coma close to death for several days so that body could build antibody response
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progessiva
muscles gradually turn to bone
sufferers are eventually frozen in place
(if they are lucky, they can chose to spend the rest of their life sitting or standing)
organs eventually fail with the weight of the extra bone
Butterfly Girl (Butterfly Children)
skin and internal linings blister and peel at slightest touch
Immortal Cells
cells from Henrietta Lacks
cells divide indefinitely (thus never affected by age)
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