Mysterious diseases: 10 people-phenomena with unexplained ailments

What kind of disease does not occur in humans? Nature sometimes presents such riddles over which the leading stars of science have been futile for many years. Physicians can only spread their hands and describe unique cases in their practice.

It is thanks to these records that the whole world learned about 10 people-phenomena living among us.

1. A person who never gets cold

Dutchman Wim Hof does not feel cold at all. He more than once conquered the mountains in shorts alone, swam in the Arctic waters and spent hours in the refrigerator freezer. For all his life the "hot" man did not catch cold even once.

2. A kid who never sleeps

Three-year-old Rhett Lamb does not close his eyes from birth. He just can not fall asleep. Only recently, doctors realized that this feature is associated with Chiari syndrome. The brain of the boy is deformed: his trunk and bridge are damaged, which are clamped inside the spinal column. As a rule, in this disease, a person's speech function is disrupted and respiratory processes are hampered. However, Lamb feels perfectly normal and does not lag behind in development from his peers.

3. A girl experiencing an allergy to water

The inhabitant of Australia Ashley Morris water nettle. It caused a large dose of antibiotics, which the girl treated with angina. She has been living with this disease for 5 years already. Morris studies, works, and even meets with a young man. He does everything possible to protect his beloved from any contact with water - does not allow her to wash dishes, wash, etc.

4. A teenager who can only eat "Tick-Tak"

A 17-year-old Briton, Natalie Cooper, does not absorb any food, except pills. All the rest of the food she receives through the stomach tube. Thanks to artificial nutrition Natalie managed to recover from 32 to 45 kg.

5. A young man with a continuous hiccup

Chris Sanders already 6 years in a row hiccup every 2 seconds, regardless of whether he is sleeping or awake. The cause of this physiological process physicians have not yet learned. Sanders hopes that he can still be cured. He is afraid that he will have to repeat the fate of the record holder for the continuous hiccup of an American Charles Osborne from Iowa. He hiccuped 68 years in a row (until his death).

6. A woman with allergies to high technology

From any instruments with high-frequency radiation and radio waves, England resident Debbie Burt is covered with a rash and swelling. To sit on the Internet or reheat food in the microwave, she has to wear a robe made of aluminum.

7. Briton, on the body of which there is not a single fat

Whatever 59-year-old Mr. Perry ate, his body burns fat instantly. As a child, Perry was a very fat child, but at the age of 12 he lost weight literally overnight. Since then, his skin tightly tightens muscles, and all attempts to recover do not yield any results.

8. A woman who does not know what pain is

American Ashley Blocker was born with a rare genetic anomaly - congenital insensitivity to pain. Because of this, while still a child, Ashlyn often chewed her lips, bitten her tongue while eating, and once even tried to eat her own finger.

9. A girl who can not be worried

As soon as Englishwoman Kay Underwood shows emotions, she faints. The girl was diagnosed with cataplexy 5 years ago, after she managed to lose consciousness 40 times a day.

The second trouble Underwood - narcotics. The girl falls asleep "without warning", which causes shock among others.

10. Nymphomaniac, receiving about 200 orgasms a day

Sarah Carmen from the UK suffers from a permanent sexual arousal syndrome. To achieve orgasm, she suffices the slightest vibration. The pleasure of this young woman brings travel in transport (usually in rush hour). However, Sarah's personal life has not developed yet. "The guys complex that they can not satisfy me, and we part", - states Carmen, the closing list of people of phenomena.

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