The 5 most rare diseases in the world turn ordinary people into 'superheroes'

The patient of one of the five most rare diseases in the world will become a 'superman' possessing special abilities such as superhuman memory, fearless, painless .

1. This is the most deadly disease in human history
2. The man "sees" the future makes medicine "give up"
3. Special gene mutations turn people into "superheroes"

1. Hyperthymesia - Super memory

Hyperthymesia is an extremely rare memory disorder, only about 60 people in the world suffer from this disease. This disease makes the sick person remember all the moments, the smallest details of their lives like the news of any day of the year or all the words in the book read many years ago.

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People with hyperthesia cannot forget anything whether it is a good memory or something they don't want to remember.

Rebecca Sharrock, an Australian writer, suffers from hyperthesia and has a superhuman memory. She could remember being wrapped in a pink blanket when she was only 7 days old. She could even write down every word in the "Harry Potter" book. However, Rebecca Sharrock sees hyperthesia as a painful thing, which causes her headaches, insomnia and rapid depletion.

2. Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) - Don't know pain

Only about 40 people in the world suffer from CIP, congenitally insensitive to pain. The strange thing is that they are all in the same area.

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Unlike many people's thoughts, the syndrome does not feel pain at all is not a great ability but a dangerous disease, can even lead to death especially for children.

Children with this disease may be seriously injured such as bone fractures, corneal damage . when playing but because they do not know the pain, they do not notify adults to be able to promptly cure.

3. Savant Syndrome

People with Savant's syndrome often have a psychological or neurodevelopmental disorder but they are superior to others in a certain area. This innate skill appears suddenly and sometimes disappears unexpectedly without notice.

More than 50% of people with Savant syndrome have autism, even more serious than brain damage. But they are extremely talented in music, painting, computers, maps and building 3D models . They can immediately tell which day of the week on May 5, 3017 or make a conclusion result of any three-digit multiplication.

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Stephen Wiltshire was a man with Savantism, after a single flight around London, he could draw a detailed map of the city.

People with Savant syndrome are called miserable genius because they are really talented in some areas but they are often limited in their use of language and most suffer from severe autism so it is difficult to adapt to life. reality.

4. Urbach's syndrome - Wiethe - Fearless

Urbach-Wiethe disease makes the patient completely without fear. This is a rare genetic disease, only 300 known cases in the world and a quarter of them are in South Africa.

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Scientists have done many experiments on an American patient with Urbach-Wiethe disease called SM to hide his identity. They have done many different ways to scare the sick person into a room full of poisonous spider, poisonous snakes, show the worst horror movies . but all are useless. Even, SM is not only fearless but also curious about everything, including things she hates.

However, Urbach-Wiethe patients often have wrinkled, dry, vulnerable skin and appear nodules around the eyes, even hardening brain tissue in the temporal lobe, leading to epilepsy. and abnormal mental.

5. Myostatin disorder

Myostatin disease causes patients to lose body fat and increase muscle and bone size quickly but still very balanced. Only a few cases have been reported worldwide. People with this disease will have a body that grows muscle more horribly than a normal human body.

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In particular, this disease only makes people who have no appetite enough, do not cause any other medical problems. Therefore, many people dream of this strange disease.

Liam Hoekstra, a boy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is one of the typical cases of this disease. He is considered 'Kid Superman' because Liam has made difficult moves that are only reserved for bodybuilders when he is not 1 year old.

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