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Informationen zum Autor EVELYN KELLY is an independent scholar who has written 10 books and over 400 journal articles. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, is past president of American Medical Writer's Association, Florida chapter, and was recently invited to join the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Klappentext This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders.Despite centuries of scientific study and medical research, there are still many human diseases and disorders that remain difficult to manage or are incurable. Some of these maladies are extremely rare, yet, together, they affect a substantial number of people. The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders examines seldom-seen illnesses, providing high school and college students with an excellent resource for research as well as supplying fascinating reading for general readers interested in diseases and medical science.This book provides clear, easy-to-understand, and scientifically grounded information on the vast number of unusual medical conditions that have been recorded, covering five kinds of diseases and disorders: genetic, infectious, environmental, mental, and "other," which constitutes diseases of autoimmune and unknown origin. Examples of the medical conditions addressed include autoimmune encephalitis, Ebola, kleptomania, Morgellons syndrome, orthorexia, pneumoconiosis, and Prader-Willi syndrome. Selected case studies enable readers to better empathize with the experiences of those who have these disorders and how these afflictions have affected their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Unusual Genetic Disorders What You Should Know about Genetic Disorders Achondroplasia ACHOO Syndrome Alkaptonuria Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Angelman Syndrome Ankylosing Spondylitis Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Cri-du-Chat Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome (EVC) Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) Fatal Familial Insomnia Hemochromatosis Hypertrichosis Ichthyosis Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Porphyria Prader-Willi Syndrome Progeria Prognathism Uncombable Hair Syndrome Part II: Unusual Mental Health Disorders What You Should Know about Mental Health Disorders Alien Hand Syndrome Androphobia Bigorexia Capgras Delusion Cotard Syndrome Diogenes Syndrome Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Erotomania Folie à Deux Hybristophilia Hypomania Jerusalem Syndrome Kleptomania Micropsia and Macropsia Munchausen Syndrome Orthorexia Pica Renfield Syndrome Stockholm Syndrome Trichotillomania Part III: Unusual Environmental Diseases and Disorders What You Should Know about Environmental Diseases and Disorders Altitude Sickness Argyria Brown Recluse Bite Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) DES Sons and Daughters Frostbite Histoplasmosis Jellyfish Sting Pellagra Pneumoconiosis Poison Ivy Prune Belly Syndrome Solenopsis invicta Stachybotrys chartarum Tech Neck Syndrome Thalidomide Embryopathy Trench Foot Vibrio Part IV: Unusual Infectious Diseases What You Should Know about Infectious Diseases Cat Scratch Disease Chikungunya Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Variant Cryptosporidiosis Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM) Dengue Fever Ebola Elephantiasis Enterovirus-D68 Hantavirus Herpes Zoster Human Bites Human Botfly Leprosy Naegleria fowleri Necrotizing Fasciitis Norovirus Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Valley Fever West Nile Virus Part V: Unusual Diseases and Disorders with Other or Unexplained Origins What You Should Know about Di...
