Weird and Unusual Medical Mysteries

Believe it or not weird medical mysteries really do exist. There are so many strange and unusual disease and disorders that most people haven't heard of, but yet they are very real and exist within this society; however rare they might be.

Many things can go wrong with the human body, both physically and mentally. Mostly you will hear of common ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome and other common disorders. But there exist other medical mysteries that you don't usually hear of. These are the cases that most people find very fascinating and very unusual.

Take the "walking corpse" disorder, for example. In the late 1800s this psychiatric disorder was first described. With this disorder, people think they have lost their body parts or even their souls. Sometimes they'll even think that they'll have died. It's also known as Cotard's syndrome. It's usually found in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Other mysterious mental disorders include "Alice-in-Wonderland" syndrome in which patient's sens of time, space and body image are distorted. People with this disorder will see others as tiny or they may feel that part of their body or shape or size has been changed or altered.

One with Jumping Frenchmen of Main disorder would be extremely startled by an unexpected noise or sight. People with this disorder start to flair their arms or cry out and repeat words when startled. This disorder was first identified in some of Maine's lumberjacks of French-Canadian origin. This disorder has been seen in other parts of the world as well.

Another strange and unusual disorder is werewolf syndrome. With this syndrome, one might grow dark hairy patches on their faces- looking like a werewolf except without the sharp teeth and claws. There is a family in Mexico where the men are completely covered from their faces to their bodies with hair.