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Have you ever been dissatisfied with your life or have complained because of a disability condition that prevents you from doing things you’d like to do? Just be glad that you don’t have any of the rare conditions on this list.

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Cutaneous Porphyria is also often referred to as the "Vampire Disease". It's actually a deficiency of enzymes in the body. The main symptom and inconvenience with this disease is that when the person ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Diseases

Elephantiasis is a disorder where there is a severe thickening in the skin that normally occurs in the limbs (particularly the legs) and genitals. An affected man's scrotum can be enlarge up to the ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Diseases

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), present in approximately 1 in million people, is a genetic disorder in which muscle tissue, ligaments, and tendons are gradually replaced with bone. Over ...

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Genital Retraction Syndrome is a mental disorder in which an individual (mainly men) thinks that their penis (or breasts for women) is shrinking and in some cases think that it has completely ...

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Hypertrichosis, also called the "werewolf syndrome", is a rare disorder where an individual has hair all over his or her body. This is so rare that there have only been about 50 cases verified in ...

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Jerusalem Syndrome is an occurrence where a person visits Jerusalem and has religious delusions or psychotic events. Most times when this happens, the individual returns to the same mental state as ...

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The Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder s a disease that affects the neurological center. A person with this condition will overreact or have an exaggerated reaction when startled. If a person ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Diseases

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