MSUD or maple syrup urine disease is a condition that has the potential to cause grave consequences due the manner in which it impinges on the body’s capacity of breaking down three kinds of amino acids namely leucine, isoleucine and valine. The three amino acids when not employed for building protein go through the process of recycling, breaking down and utilised for energy. BCKD or branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase is the team formed by the unison of six proteins that generally break down the three amino acids. Individuals having MSUD possess a mutation that leads to a paucity of one of the six proteins which constitute the BCKD complex. Hence, their bodies are incapable of breaking down the three amino acids present in their blood stream leading to brisk deterioration of brain  [...]

Adult Still’s disease cannot be diagnosed by merely a single test and the doctor would take into consideration several detection tools as the signs and symptoms of this condition could be confusingly similar to other conditions like mononucleosis, lymphoma or other rheumatoid conditions. Diagnosis & Tests: The doctor would conduct a detailed physical examination that would reveal one having soaring fever, swelling in joints and lymph nodes, throat soreness and pinkish rashes. An echocardiogram would be conducted for detecting the inflamed lining of the heart or the lungs. X-rays done on the bones could reveal any form of alterations in the wrist, spine, feet or joints of the finger. A CAT or CT scan or ultrasound could reveal any form of liver or spleen enlargement. Blood analysis  [...]

Adult Still’s disease is an atypical inflammatory condition wherein in the person affected experiences on a daily basis sharp fevers, aches and swelling in the joints and has a pinkish tone rash appearance over the body. The progression of this condition could cause several complications inclusive of chronic arthritis. Still’s disease is called as systematic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and there is presently no cure for it though treatment could allay the symptoms to a certain extent and aid in averting complications. Symptoms of Adult Still’s Disease: Majority of the individuals having adult Still’s disease show a permutation of the below mentioned signs and symptoms: Fever shooting up to no less than 102F or 38.9C on a day-to-day basis that would last for seven  [...]

Progeria or HGPS (Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome) is an atypical, terminal genetic anomaly categorized by a manifestation of hastened aging or prematurely growing old in infants. Prevalence Progeria cases amount to nearly one in four to eight million new births affecting duo sexes analogously and noticed in all races and across the globe. Trademark Features Though they appear healthy, infants having Progeria start exhibiting several traits of hastened aging at about eighteen to two years of age. Progeria signs could consist of failure to grow, loss in fat content in the body and hair, aging noted on the skin, rigidity in the joints, dislocated hips, wide-ranging atherosclerosis, heart ailments and stroke. All these infants have a strikingly analogous appearance, in spite of  [...]

A seventy year old woman of Indian origin when initially complained of nose bleeding, no one paid serious regard to it. It was only when the bleeding persisted for five days and even after visiting two hospitals that failed to detect the reason behind it, her kin took her to a civic-run hospital when the true gory picture emerged. Finally the doctors there were successful at pin-pointing the true cause – she had maggot infestation in her nose. The doctors could now decipher the reason behind how the lady got maggots in her nose. The women explained her side of the story explicating that a housefly had entered her nose a day prior to the nose bleeding commencing. She visited two hospitals where she was advised to have some tablets and nose drops, but regrettably none of the doctors could  [...]

This actual account traces the case of a man of Indian origin by the man named Sanju Bhagat hailing from Nagpur, India. The man literally carried his parasitic twin within his body in the stomach region for more than three decades. This occurrence is extremely rare cited in one among every five lakh live births. This occurs in the preliminary stages of twin pregnancies wherein one fetus swathes around and encases the other one. The dominating fetus shows normal development, whereas contrarily its twin fetus evolves into a sponging form that leeches off its host twin’s supply of blood and nutrients. This freeloading parasitic twin lacks a brain and has majority of its inner organs incapable of independent functioning. Normally, both the twins face imminent mortality prior to birth. However,  [...]

The atypical condition of tumor growths that proliferate to such an extent that the entire face is engulfed due to its obliteration, is a marring condition cited as haemangioma. This horrendous condition was cited in a 51-year old man named Jose Mestre, whose condition commenced with a small tumor formation on his lips during his adolescent years that eventually grew to form a blood-inundated tumor leading to an obliterating effect on his face. Due to his staunch religious beliefs, the man declined any form of surgery in order to treat this appalling facial defacement. However he has now renewed hopes due to the assistance and guidance of a British doctor and the latest medical technology. The tumour had grown to a massive fifteen inches long and was weighing a massive twelve pounds.  [...]