Incredibly Strange Illnesses That Seem To Defy Logical Explanations

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    Progeria: This is an aging disease that causes children to age very rapidly. They very rarely live to be older than their teens.
    1/25 Progeria: This is an aging disease that causes children to age very rapidly. They very rarely live to be older than their teens.
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    Fregoli Delusion: A rare disorder where a person believes that many people are actually a single person with the ability to disguise themselves.
    2/25 Fregoli Delusion: A rare disorder where a person believes that many people are actually a single person with the ability to disguise themselves.
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    Jargon Aphasia: This is a speech disorder where a person uses made up words in regular sentences. It can get so bad, the person can be speaking in an entirely fictional language.
    3/25 Jargon Aphasia: This is a speech disorder where a person uses made up words in regular sentences. It can get so bad, the person can be speaking in an entirely fictional language.
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    Walking Corpse Syndrome: Also known as Cotard’s delusion, the people affected by this condition believe that they are dead.
    4/25 Walking Corpse Syndrome: Also known as Cotard’s delusion, the people affected by this condition believe that they are dead.
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    Truman Show Delusion: People with this delusion believe that they are the center of a imaginary television show.
    5/25 Truman Show Delusion: People with this delusion believe that they are the center of a imaginary television show.
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    Foreign Accent Syndrome: This is a condition where patients randomly develop a foreign accent (usually occurring after a stroke).
    6/25 Foreign Accent Syndrome: This is a condition where patients randomly develop a foreign accent (usually occurring after a stroke).
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    Gourmand Syndrome: This is caused by injuries to the right frontal lobe and leads to an obsessive focus on fine foods.
    7/25 Gourmand Syndrome: This is caused by injuries to the right frontal lobe and leads to an obsessive focus on fine foods.
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    Paris Syndrome: This is a psychiatric breakdown that tends to happen in Japanese tourists when the city of Paris doesn’t live up to its romanticized image.
    8/25 Paris Syndrome: This is a psychiatric breakdown that tends to happen in Japanese tourists when the city of Paris doesn’t live up to its romanticized image.
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    Stone Man Syndrome: This is officially called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. It’s a rare mutation of the body’s repair mechanism. It results in the body being ossified, or turned to bone.
    9/25 Stone Man Syndrome: This is officially called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. It’s a rare mutation of the body’s repair mechanism. It results in the body being ossified, or turned to bone.
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    Stendhal Syndrome: This disorder causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness and fainting when a person is exposed to art they think is beautiful.
    10/25 Stendhal Syndrome: This disorder causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness and fainting when a person is exposed to art they think is beautiful.
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    Busy Life Syndrome: Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? This condition is basically information overload, causing that kind of confusion.
    11/25 Busy Life Syndrome: Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? This condition is basically information overload, causing that kind of confusion.
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    Retired Husband Syndrome: This is a condition where a woman will show signs of physical illness and depression as her husband approaches retirement.
    12/25 Retired Husband Syndrome: This is a condition where a woman will show signs of physical illness and depression as her husband approaches retirement.
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    Burning Mouth Syndrome: This is a condition where a person would feel a burning sensation on the roof of their mouth, with no apparent underlying cause.
    13/25 Burning Mouth Syndrome: This is a condition where a person would feel a burning sensation on the roof of their mouth, with no apparent underlying cause.
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    Human Werewolf Syndrome: This condition, known as hypertrichosis, causes people to grow hair all over their bodies. There are only about 50 people in the world with the condition.
    14/25 Human Werewolf Syndrome: This condition, known as hypertrichosis, causes people to grow hair all over their bodies. There are only about 50 people in the world with the condition.
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    Parry Romberg Syndrome: This condition causes half of a person’s face to shrink, causing an asymmetrical appearance.
    15/25 Parry Romberg Syndrome: This condition causes half of a person’s face to shrink, causing an asymmetrical appearance.
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    Lisztomania: This is an intense hysteria that was first used to describe fans of famous pianist Franz Liszt during his performances. A more modern example would be Beatlemania.
    16/25 Lisztomania: This is an intense hysteria that was first used to describe fans of famous pianist Franz Liszt during his performances. A more modern example would be Beatlemania.
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    Laugh Syncope: This is the tendency to laugh so hard, it makes you pass out.
    17/25 Laugh Syncope: This is the tendency to laugh so hard, it makes you pass out.
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    Exploding Head Syndrome: This sleep disorder causes people to hear loud bangs in their head, as if bombs were going off.
    18/25 Exploding Head Syndrome: This sleep disorder causes people to hear loud bangs in their head, as if bombs were going off.
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    Rapunzel Syndrome: For some reason, these people are compelled to eat their own hair, which can be extremely damaging to their digestive system. It can get bound up so badly, it could kill a person.
    19/25 Rapunzel Syndrome: For some reason, these people are compelled to eat their own hair, which can be extremely damaging to their digestive system. It can get bound up so badly, it could kill a person.
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    Mary Hart seizures: Former Entertainment Tonight show host Mary Hart would sometimes cause epileptic seizures in her viewers… just because of her voice.
    20/25 Mary Hart seizures: Former Entertainment Tonight show host Mary Hart would sometimes cause epileptic seizures in her viewers… just because of her voice.
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    Dyschronometria: This disorder makes people unable to accurately estimate the amount of time that has passed.
    21/25 Dyschronometria: This disorder makes people unable to accurately estimate the amount of time that has passed.
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    Dysgeusia: This disorder distorts a person’s sense of taste.
    22/25 Dysgeusia: This disorder distorts a person’s sense of taste.
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    Trimethylaminuria: A metabolic disorder that makes a person smell like day-old fish. There is no known cause or treatment.
    23/25 Trimethylaminuria: A metabolic disorder that makes a person smell like day-old fish. There is no known cause or treatment.
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    Alien Hand Syndrome: This is a neurological disorder where a person’s hand appears to take on a mind of its own.
    24/25 Alien Hand Syndrome: This is a neurological disorder where a person’s hand appears to take on a mind of its own.
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    Capgras Delusion: This is the belief that a loved one has been replaced by an identical impostor.
    25/25 Capgras Delusion: This is the belief that a loved one has been replaced by an identical impostor.

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These rare medical conditions seem almost too odd to be real...but they actually exist. Many of them are forms of hysteria, while others are medical conditions that might convince you that you are insane. Thank god all of them are pretty rare!!