1Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia can be diagnosed with 98.3% accuracy using a simple eye test that tracks eye movement abnormalities.
2Porphyria
Porphyria is a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth, and peculiar behaviors which are thought to be the basis of the vampire legends – especially as these symptoms are worsened by garlic.
3Acne
Acne is the 8th-most common disease in the world. It was described in Pharaohs over 2,000 years ago. It does not affect other primates, but some cats and dogs and horses can be affected by acne.
4Musicogenic Epilepsy
”Musicogenic Epilepsy” is a rare disease that makes you have a seizure whenever you hear your favorite music.
5Asthma
Asthma is the most common chronic disease affecting Olympic athletes. 8% of them suffers from the condition.
6Reverse anorexia
There are people who suffer from something called “reverse anorexia” which causes (primarily) men with already muscular bodies to feel too small.
7Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis was so romanticized during the Victorian era that fashion trends emerged to highlight and emulate the symptoms of the disease. This fashion movement is referred to as “Consumptive Chic”.
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8Silent Migraines
Silent Migraines are migraines that have no pain, but people experiencing them can have vision loss, flashing lights, and wavy lines in the vision, and hallucinations.
9Dandruff
Dandruff is caused by a fungus that uses lipase to digest lipids, so it lives in areas with many sebaceous glands. The lipases break down skin, as well, and when the fungi grow too fast, larger flakes of skin (dandruff) come off as the epidermis is replaced from the levels below.
10Sickle-cell anemia
Sickle-cell anemia protects the carrier from malaria, which is why it is seen mostly in people of African descent.
