Daily Archives: January 23, 2020

Teen from UK faints when laughing

Billy Hodgson, 17, suffers from a rare disease that makes her lose control of her body when she laughs, Daily Mail reported. Cataplexy is a rare complication of narcolepsy in a girl. During laughter, the girl has muscle paralysis, and she may fall to the floor. Sudden muscle paralysis in people with this disorder can…

Indian boy has snake skin due to rare disease

Indian boy Jagannath, 10, suffers from a rare disease that makes his skin look like a snake skin. The neighbors even called him the ‘human snake’ According to The Daily Mail, the cause of the problem is lamellar ichthyosis, a rare and incurable disease in which the body cannot quickly get rid of old cells. The…