Weird Diseases

By: Shelby Dupler

Vampire Disease: pain from the sun

There are people out there who go to great lengths to avoid the

sun. If they are caught in the sun, their skin will blister. Some of

them have pain and blistering as soon as the sun touches their

skin. Ok, so they're not actually vampires. They don't drink blood and sleep in coffins, but they do suffer from a rare disease that has vampire-like symptoms.

TrichotillomaniaA person who suffers from this strange disease has urge to pull one’s hair out.

Whether it is body hair, scalp hair, beard hair, eyelashes, nose hair or eyebrows.

Cotard’s SyndromeThose who suffer from this disease

feel that they are dead and non-existent. The sufferer may also feel that he/she lost his or her blood or

internal organs; the patient even feels that the internal parts are putrefying. It can show up due to mental illness

and is also associated with depression.

Moebius SyndromeMoebius Syndrome, a rare disease

characterized by the lack of developed facial nerves as well as the subsequent

lack of facial expressions.