People with the Strangest Medical Conditions

When it comes to the human body, it seems that the medical field is making new strides every day. But as soon as an accomplishment is made, someone else comes along that defies medical studies and have to be looked at. Unknown medical conditions, especially ones that appear later in life, can be alarming and downright scary because it exposes our vulnerabilities and makes us realize that we are not immortal or perfect. Weird medical conditions can also be very humbling for both the sufferer and the observer since there isn’t much that can be done about these conditions. Sometimes these condition causes life to end prematurely, or it makes a quality of life unbearable. In this video are ten people who shouldn’t have existed. From where medical conditions to life-threatening states, these people defied medical books and have shown the scientific world that there are certain things that are indeed possible. For example, two men by the name of Ian Toader and Dede Koswara defied medical studies with their skin condition called Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, causing bark-like warts to grow on their bodies, thus naming them “The Tree Men”. Imagine not being able to hold a utensil to eat or write, because there was bark growing from your hands? Of course, one of the oldest cases of medical conditions is Joseph Merrick, famously known as “The Elephant Man”. Joseph had an odd deformity all over his body, which caused his bones to develop odd lumps and his skin and face to swell. His skeleton still stands in a hospital in London today, where it is studied. Despite being dead for over one hundred years, Merrick still baffles medical experts. There is a medical condition called progeria, which causes premature aging. People who suffer from this condition typically don’t make it past their teenage years, as they have the body of an elderly person by then. It is a real life case of Benjamin Button or the movie, “Jack” starring Robin Williams (in a less glamourous way). Not many people have progeria, so the ones who do are typically thrown into the media spotlight for all to see.

Source: TheRichest