Monday, March 28, 2011

As in the human disorder Vampires

Twilight the movie series based on the bestselling novel by Stephenie Meyer, vampires again make the fever epidemic. Did you know, humans do possess a vampire?

Vampires do not exist, only a fictional character of human invention. However, some diseases and disorders in humans shows characteristics such as vampires. Starting from not stand sunlight, to hate garlic and mirrors. There are seven diseases or disorders such as vampire characteristics that occur in humans.

Fear of garlic

Fear of garlic or alliumphobia is a neurological disease that causes people to fear the smell of hard plants with this. According to legend, vampires can be expelled using garlic.
Rabies

Rabies or hydrophobia is a disease that causes people show some symptoms like a vampire. Including the desire to bite. Often described the cause of the vampire bat is a bite. In real life, bats are the most common source of rabies infection.

Hate mirror
Eisoptrophobia is a disease that makes people hate the mirror. Some sufferers believe, looking in the mirror will summon supernatural things. According to legend, vampires can not see the reflections in the mirror because it has no soul.

Bloodthirsty
In 1985, scientists discovered a genetic blood disorder called porphyria. Patients with this disorder have the desire to drink human blood. However, the symptoms of abnormalities of the theory is disputed by biochemist David Dolphin. Symptoms are actually afraid of sunlight. As is known in legends, vampire consumes only blood.

Count Dracula
Arithmomania very obsessed with counting (count) objects. For centuries known one way

Canine
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is a rare genetic disorder that affects tooth development. This disorder makes a person grow in abnormal tooth. In addition, teeth that grow normally tapered like vampire teeth. In vampires, fangs elongated to facilitate pierce the skin and sucking blood of the victim.
Sunburn

Xeroderma pigmentosum, a disorder really rare. This disorder causes a person's DNA can not repair damage caused by ultraviolet light.