Results: Strange But True Diseases and Disorders
Published on 10/18/2013
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Which of these strange, but absolutely true diseases or disorders have you heard about? Trichotillomania: A person who suffers from this strange disease has the urge to pull one’s hair out--body hair, scalp hair, beard hair, eyelashes, nose hair or eyebrows.
37%
817 votes
Pica: This disease generates an urge to consume things other than food. Sufferers eat materials such as paper, clay, dirt, glue, coal, even feces and lint. Usually found in children or pregnant women.
47%
1041 votes
Cotard’s Syndrome:Those 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.
6%
133 votes
Progeria: the 80-Year-Old Children: Progeria is caused by a single defect in a child’s genetic code,speeding through the normal aging process. They develop striking physical symptoms, including premature baldness, heart disease, thinning bones, etc.
45%
1001 votes
Stendhal Syndrome: This disease causes people who have it to experience dizziness, rapid heartbeat, confusion and hallucinations when exposed to large amounts of beautiful art work.
3%
77 votes
Capgras Delusion: A sufferer of this disease becomes convinced that a family member generally a spouse has been replaced by an identical impostor, often leading to them assaulting the "impostor"
8%
188 votes
Have not heard of any of these
33%
734 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
4 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.08% | 3 | |
| agoraphobia | 0.03% | 1 |
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Do you, or anyone you know ever suffer from any of these or any other strange diseases/disorders? I myself do
4%
88 votes
I know someone who does
7%
166 votes
Possibly--I've often wondered
6%
141 votes
Don't think so
82%
1816 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
32 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.49% | 11 | |
| no | 0.45% | 10 |
| don't know anyone | 0.04% | 1 |
| i worked with some as a regression hypnotist. | 0.04% | 1 |
| in cambridge,ontario there is a young girl there who has progeria! a | 0.04% | 1 |
| i used to eat paper | 0.04% | 1 |
| no not familiar with any of them | 0.04% | 1 |
| only on tv | 0.04% | 1 |
| went to workshops on thesediseases and disorders | 0.04% | 1 |
| my sister has trichotillomania | 0.04% | 1 |
| none | 0.04% | 1 |
| no. | 0.04% | 1 |
| a little girl on my facebook. | 0.04% | 1 |
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