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Tularemia: The 'rabbit fever' that can fatally infect humansTularemia, or "rabbit fever," is an infectious disease that normally affects animals but can spread to humans, sometimes via tick and deer fly bites.
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Situs inversus: The condition where your organs are on the 'wrong' sideSitus inversus is a rare genetic condition that causes the organs in the chest and abdomen to be located on the opposite side from where they're usually found, like a mirror image.
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Frosted branch angiitis: A rare eye condition that makes the retina look like a frosted treeFrosted branch angiitis is a rare condition that makes the blood vessels that supply the retina look like the frosted branches of a tree.
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Fatal familial insomnia: A genetic condition where people never sleep againAs fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.
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Angelman syndrome: A disorder that stops people walking and speakingAngelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous system, leading to severe developmental delays and learning disabilities.
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Acromegaly: A disease that causes adults to grow uncontrollablyPatients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.
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Stone man disease: A rare condition that causes a person to grow a second skeletonFibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes the body to grow a second skeleton, rendering patients immobile.
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Butterfly disease: A disorder that makes skin as delicate as butterfly wingsEpidermolysis bullosa is a potentially fatal, inherited disorder that causes patients to blister very easily.
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Necrotizing fasciitis: The 'flesh-eating' infection that bores holes in the bodyNecrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the body.
