10 baffling medical conditions

ah they just want attention.

except for the little girl with no pain and no eye.

that shit just sucks :(

sometimes i wish i was born deaf blind and dumb

One of my friends from grade school didn't have an ear. When she found out that my sister was legally deaf, she showed me her ear and we became good friends. It was the coolest, weirdest thing in the world. I've also heard of a few of the other medical oddities and met a couple of people that have had some other weird issues. While, I feel bad for them, its pretty interesting.

The only disorder in this article that is worthy of mention is the lack of pain girl. She has a horrible existance and I pray someone somewhere can help her and others like her. Also feel for the woman who lost her memory. The others are just a joke. Eyes close for 3 days syndrome?? Allergic to an ice cube disorder?? And my personal favorite--foreign accent disease??? These people just want attention. Theres a term in psychology that can be applied to this and many other situations in life--its called Secondary Gain. What it means is that a person gets something they need, i.e. attention, from having a particular disorder, so they continue to believe and/or pretend to have symptoms and present as if treatment is not working. This article sounds like alot of secondary gain goin on. I hope they all get professional help.

I actually know someone who has the acute cold allergy thing, she says supposedly your supposed to grow out of it in your late 20's though.

I say we need to figure out cures for the afflicitions killing off horeds of people, like say, AIDS, and Cancer, then we can move onto less life threatening problems.

Extremely interesting article. I say CHEMICALS are to blame for alot of the unknown diseases and malformations afflicting our society.

are these all psychological? where are the neo-freudians? I want to hear what they have to say

By the way she is ugly, she looks like an alien.

How come? no one has made any coments over MELAMINE in the baby food here in america.
Can anyone please post something about this, I think is more important to inform the people.

I've seen these on tv for a while.

The media is starting to catch on.

Like the case of the tree man.

as a person with epilepsy it's really frightening to learn about more and more strange cases that can trigger seizures in people, such as by playing mahjong (http://current.com/items/76144562/mahjong_game_can_cause_epilepsy.htm). and i can relate to that feeling of absent memories that the one woman who had a seizure experienced, although my case is not so extreme. it's a strange feeling to have to ask others questions about me and my experiences. "i want to see that movie! i already saw it? seriously?" "who did that drawing? I DID? no way!"

i really wish doctors would give us the time and attention deserved. i have been treated as rude and uncooperative for asking questions, and then pointed to websites to do my own research. how about www.pleasegiveashitaboutmybrain.com

Underfunded! When the masses are not affected, the money is not there to do research or find a cure and/or treatment. Now if a celebrity contracts a strange illness, attention will be paid.
I think it obvious that big pharm will see no need to lift a finger. Especially if they see no money in it.
There are still many medical mysteries. I have a brother who had his spleen removed. Doctors could not figure out what caused bruises all over his body. After several failed attempts to treat him, the removal of his spleen was considered a last resort.
My sister had most of her colon removed. Even then, they could not nail down what caused her ailment.

Really interesting article. My heart goes out to everyone that has been afflicted with unknown diseases/disorders. I can only imagine how life is for them.

and 3 days eyes shut - 3 days not?
BLIND. NOT BLIND. BLIND. NOT BLIND. BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.BLIND. NOT BLIND.

AHHHHHHH!

Ha! I was actually about to add this.

I dont think the case where there was a person who had incredible memory is a person with disease. If anything I think they are more advanced.

I feel really bad for the little girl who couldn't feel pain. Poor kid. Its crazy how these are all real cases. I hope I dont acquire any of these diseases. Yikes!