Rare Disease Renders Mother Unable to Bear the Sound of Her Beloved Children’s Laughter
An English woman suffering from a rare condition known as painful hyperacusis says that everyday noises, such as her children’s laughter, her friends’ voices, and even music cause her paralyzing pain. Until 18 months ago, Karen Cook worked as a cabin crew and lived a perfectly normal life with her husband and their two boys. But […]
Rare Genetic Condition Makes 10-Year-Old Boy Feel Constantly Hungry
David, a 10-year-old boy from Singapore, was diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome, a complex genetic condition that makes him feel hungry no matter how much he eats. Imagine filling your stomach with copious amounts of nutritious food and never actually experiencing that sensation of fullness that we know as ‘satiety’. That is what David Soo, a […]
Rare Condition Causes Hair to Grow Out of Woman’s Gums
A recently-published study detailed the bizarre case of an Italian woman who grew eyelash-like hairs inside of her mouth multiple times. The unnamed woman reportedly visited doctors about her condition over a decade ago, when she was just 19-years-old. She visited doctors and complained of hair growing out of her gums, which had only been […]
Long-Term Gas Leak Makes Woman Allergic to Virtually Everything, Including People
After being exposed to a long-term gas leak in her home for a long period of time, a Los Angeles woman’s immune system turned against itself, making her allergic to food, water, clothing, technology with an electromagnetic field, and even people. 30-year-old Pilar Olave, a Chilean-born actress from Los Angeles, California, has been living in her room, […]
Fatal Familial Insomnia – A Mysterious Condition That Prevents Sufferers from Ever Sleeping Again
Can you imagine never being able to sleep, thus denying your body and brain the chance to rejuvenate? It’s a scary thought, but sadly it’s what sufferers of a rare condition known as Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) have to go through until it eventually kills them. This mysterious genetic disease affects less than one in […]
Christmas Excitement Causes Girl’s Heart To Stop
Christmas is a time for parents to be happy for their children’s excitement. But this doesn’t apply to Ray and Tina Cleveland, as their daughter Holly is suffering from a rare disease that causes her heart to stop and leaves her breathless for about 30 seconds, when she gets over excited. This is two-year-old Holly’s […]
Rare Brain Disease Makes Woman Fearless
Haunted houses, cockroaches or any kind of bugs for that matter, snakes, you name it, there’s nothing in this world that will freak this woman out. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to never experience fear, but there is someone out there who really is fearless, due to a rare disorder, called […]