5 Most Mysterious Diseases on Earth
5 Most Mysterious Diseases on Earth
5 Most Mysterious Diseases on Earth
1 Carancas impact event
The Carancas meteorite fell on September 15, 2007, near the village of Carancas in Peru
After the impact, villagers who had approached the impact site grew sick from a then-unexplained illness, with a wide array of symptoms
The ground water in the local area is known to contain arsenic compounds, and the illness is now believed to have been caused by arsenic poisoning incurred when residents of the area inhaled the vapor of the boiling arsenic-contaminated water.
2 kuru
Kuru is a neurological disorder caused by what's known as family mortuary cannibalism, or eating your dead family members. It occurs specifically when the brain is consumed due to an infectious protein it may contain called a prion
The internal organs would be eaten by the majority of the tribe while morsels of the brain were give to young children and the elderly.
Symptoms of disease sedentary stage renders the victim completely incapable of walking and also causes severe tremors and There is no cure
3 Morgellons
Morgellons is a controversial and poorly understood condition in which unusual thread-like fibers appear under the skin. The patient may feel like something is crawling, biting, or stinging all over.
Some medical experts say Morgellons is a physical illness. Others suggest it is a type of psychosis called "delusional parasitosis," in which a person thinks parasites have infected their skin.
It affects mostly middle-aged white women. and the is no cure
4 nodding syndrome
5 Most Mysterious Diseases on Earth
1 Carancas impact event
The Carancas meteorite fell on September 15, 2007, near the village of Carancas in Peru
After the impact, villagers who had approached the impact site grew sick from a then-unexplained illness, with a wide array of symptoms
The ground water in the local area is known to contain arsenic compounds, and the illness is now believed to have been caused by arsenic poisoning incurred when residents of the area inhaled the vapor of the boiling arsenic-contaminated water.
2 kuru
Kuru is a neurological disorder caused by what's known as family mortuary cannibalism, or eating your dead family members. It occurs specifically when the brain is consumed due to an infectious protein it may contain called a prion
The internal organs would be eaten by the majority of the tribe while morsels of the brain were give to young children and the elderly.
Symptoms of disease sedentary stage renders the victim completely incapable of walking and also causes severe tremors and There is no cure
3 Morgellons
Morgellons is a controversial and poorly understood condition in which unusual thread-like fibers appear under the skin. The patient may feel like something is crawling, biting, or stinging all over.
Some medical experts say Morgellons is a physical illness. Others suggest it is a type of psychosis called "delusional parasitosis," in which a person thinks parasites have infected their skin.
It affects mostly middle-aged white women. and the is no cure
4 nodding syndrome