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4 disease that can turn a fairy tale into reality
Fairy stories from the perspective of meditsinyIstorii of magic and monsters, Prince Charming and the unfortunate girl excite the minds of children all over the world. For adults, the majority of fairy tales seem too unrealistic - they can not be contained even a grain of truth. But if you look at the tale from the point of view of science, some of them seem not quite so far-fetched. Here are four examples of how the fairy tale come true.
1. Red Shapochka
"Red Riding Hood" - a tale of a little girl in a red hat and a big wicked wolf. In principle, there are many tales with descriptions wolf-like creatures such as the Beast from the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" or the wolf in some interpretations of "Little Red Riding Hood." But perhaps those horrible-looking people-wolves were victims of diseases striking.
Hypertrichosis, also known as "werewolf syndrome", characterized by an excessive amount of hair all over the body or in a certain part of it. Sometimes a person is born hairy because of a rare genetic mutations, and sometimes gets hypertrichosis later in life as a side effect of certain drugs and chemicals or even in certain types of cancer.
The first case of "werewolf syndrome" was described in the 1600s - he suffered from a resident of the Canary Islands Petrus Gonzales, his two daughters, son and grandson. In the XIX-th century people with hypertrichosis were not uncommon: "Boy with pёsey muzzle" Fedor Evtikhiev and "Lionel with a lion face" Stephan Bibrowski were the main actors of the circus sideshow, and people came to stare at them, and do not be afraid.
2. Pinokkio
Pinocchio was carved out of wood, but then magically became a real boy. The fairy-tale drama "Once Upon a Time" we see the opposite: Pinocchio, being a normal man in a world without magic, is becoming a wooden man.
This is possible provided that Pinocchio was sick epidermodysplasia verrutsiformnoy - a rare genetic skin disease, which is characterized by a high risk of skin cancer. Immune deficiency can make a person extremely sensitive to different types of human papillomavirus, including those that eventually become the cause of the solid-like tree bark, warts.
In 2008, the Indonesian Dede Kosvara gained worldwide fame - unfortunately, due to build-up, growing up on his hands and feet. According to the doctor's diagnosis of his illness was caused by a combination of epidermodysplasia verrutsiformnoy and HPV-2 virus. The virus has changed his skin cells so that they began to produce excessive amounts of keratin - the fibrous protein responsible for the formation of hair, horns and hooves. Because of the weakened immune system of the warts on the body Kosvary reached monstrous proportions, forming a thick gnarled growths, and the man was nicknamed "Man-wood».
3. Belosnezhka
In the fairy tale "Snow White" Princess bites off a piece of apple and falls into a dead sleep, awaken from which it can only kiss handsome prince. There is a simple explanation for the sleep of Snow White - bacteria.
Listeria - a rod-shaped bacterium found in various foods, including apples. According to Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California at Davis, George Thompson, the bacteria can cause meningitis and in some cases, stupor bordering on coma. However, in order to bring someone out of a coma, it will require more than just a kiss - unless, of course, the kiss somehow not will introduce into the body a large dose of antibiotics.
While there may be a kiss of a loved one is able to work a miracle. In 2009, the year the woman from England had a heart attack, and she fell into a coma. She awoke only two weeks later, when the husband kissed her - apparently a miracle occurred due to changes in head position.
4. The Wizard of Oz
Wicked Witch of the West - a powerful sorceress from the fairy tale "The Wizard of Oz." However, it has one fatal weakness - water causes her body to melt. It is hard to imagine that the water can affect the way a person of flesh and blood, but it does not mean that H2O is always useful: for people suffering from allergic urticaria, it is not so.
Allergic rash - a rare disorder in which a few minutes after direct contact with water of any temperature, the skin begins to itch, and there appear white or red marks. In some cases, the reaction occurs even at your own sweat or tears of a man. According to a study published last year in the journal "Annals of Dermatology" in the scientific literature since 1964, described a little less than 100 cases of the disease.
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1. Red Shapochka
"Red Riding Hood" - a tale of a little girl in a red hat and a big wicked wolf. In principle, there are many tales with descriptions wolf-like creatures such as the Beast from the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" or the wolf in some interpretations of "Little Red Riding Hood." But perhaps those horrible-looking people-wolves were victims of diseases striking.
Hypertrichosis, also known as "werewolf syndrome", characterized by an excessive amount of hair all over the body or in a certain part of it. Sometimes a person is born hairy because of a rare genetic mutations, and sometimes gets hypertrichosis later in life as a side effect of certain drugs and chemicals or even in certain types of cancer.
The first case of "werewolf syndrome" was described in the 1600s - he suffered from a resident of the Canary Islands Petrus Gonzales, his two daughters, son and grandson. In the XIX-th century people with hypertrichosis were not uncommon: "Boy with pёsey muzzle" Fedor Evtikhiev and "Lionel with a lion face" Stephan Bibrowski were the main actors of the circus sideshow, and people came to stare at them, and do not be afraid.
2. Pinokkio
Pinocchio was carved out of wood, but then magically became a real boy. The fairy-tale drama "Once Upon a Time" we see the opposite: Pinocchio, being a normal man in a world without magic, is becoming a wooden man.
This is possible provided that Pinocchio was sick epidermodysplasia verrutsiformnoy - a rare genetic skin disease, which is characterized by a high risk of skin cancer. Immune deficiency can make a person extremely sensitive to different types of human papillomavirus, including those that eventually become the cause of the solid-like tree bark, warts.
In 2008, the Indonesian Dede Kosvara gained worldwide fame - unfortunately, due to build-up, growing up on his hands and feet. According to the doctor's diagnosis of his illness was caused by a combination of epidermodysplasia verrutsiformnoy and HPV-2 virus. The virus has changed his skin cells so that they began to produce excessive amounts of keratin - the fibrous protein responsible for the formation of hair, horns and hooves. Because of the weakened immune system of the warts on the body Kosvary reached monstrous proportions, forming a thick gnarled growths, and the man was nicknamed "Man-wood».
3. Belosnezhka
In the fairy tale "Snow White" Princess bites off a piece of apple and falls into a dead sleep, awaken from which it can only kiss handsome prince. There is a simple explanation for the sleep of Snow White - bacteria.
Listeria - a rod-shaped bacterium found in various foods, including apples. According to Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California at Davis, George Thompson, the bacteria can cause meningitis and in some cases, stupor bordering on coma. However, in order to bring someone out of a coma, it will require more than just a kiss - unless, of course, the kiss somehow not will introduce into the body a large dose of antibiotics.
While there may be a kiss of a loved one is able to work a miracle. In 2009, the year the woman from England had a heart attack, and she fell into a coma. She awoke only two weeks later, when the husband kissed her - apparently a miracle occurred due to changes in head position.
4. The Wizard of Oz
Wicked Witch of the West - a powerful sorceress from the fairy tale "The Wizard of Oz." However, it has one fatal weakness - water causes her body to melt. It is hard to imagine that the water can affect the way a person of flesh and blood, but it does not mean that H2O is always useful: for people suffering from allergic urticaria, it is not so.
Allergic rash - a rare disorder in which a few minutes after direct contact with water of any temperature, the skin begins to itch, and there appear white or red marks. In some cases, the reaction occurs even at your own sweat or tears of a man. According to a study published last year in the journal "Annals of Dermatology" in the scientific literature since 1964, described a little less than 100 cases of the disease.
via factroom.ru
