Diseases and mutations 2024, April

Dozens of residents of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, have been hospitalized with an unidentified virus causing pneumonia-like symptoms.Chinese health officials have no idea how the virus is spreading or where it originated, but experts are tracking the outbreak in an effort to stop the spread of the virus

Experts from the World Health Organization predicted the appearance of COVID-19 2 years ago. Bill Gates - 5 years ago.- Salik.bizAnd the doctors knewDisease X was the title of an exhibition that opened at the Museum of London in November 2018

In the Volyn region of Ukraine, eight-year-old Anna Sakidon died, suffering from progeria - a rare genetic disease in which the body ages prematurely. This is reported by "Volyn24" with reference to its readers. The girl's death was confirmed at the Volyn Regional Children's Hospital, specifying that she died on February 9 from multiple organ failure

Scientists have reported a new likely case of a complete cure for HIV infection with an aggressive combination of antiretroviral drugs and nicotinamide (vitamin B3), which causes infected cells to awaken a latent virus, making them vulnerable to immunity

In New York City, USA, experts removed a rare parasite from a woman's head that caused hallucinations. This is reported by the Metro.At the beginning of last year, 42-year-old Rachel Palma felt strange: she suffered from nightmares, insomnia, did not control her actions, and also forgot where she was

When an 18-year-old patient was admitted to an Indian hospital with complaints of convulsions and severe headache, doctors for a very long time could not understand the cause of such a serious condition. The results of the MRI scan revealed something eerie: the man's brain was riddled with huge cysts

The American has lived with a worm in his brain for ten years. Doctors managed to extract the parasite, and they called this case extraordinary and extremely rare.According to CBS 21, the Texas resident most likely became infected when he traveled to Mexico and ate poorly cooked pork there

In Finland, people who feel unwell in some rooms are afraid they will be labeled mentally ill, while scientists are looking for evidence that this is a “real” illness

For the second time in the history of medicine, a person has become infected with the rare parasite Thelazia gulosa, which turns the eyeball into a breeding ground for worms.Judging by the fact that the second documented case of infection occurred just 2 years after the first, there is every reason to believe that a new type of zoonoses has appeared in the United States - diseases that both humans and animals suffer from

Swedish doctors report that this year there have been cases of an unusual human infection carried by ticks - babesiosis. This disease is common among animals, but few people know that it can affect humans. According to Swedish scientists, babesia is especially fond of cool and humid weather

In recent years, there have been some rather controversial headlines in the news about domestic cats. According to the first, pets are able to drive a person crazy, and in this case it was not about the joy of watching another video

A 10-centimeter live leech lived for more than two months in the windpipe of a 60-year-old Chinese man who probably drank a leech egg along with raw water

In India, an unnamed 60-year-old man from Karnataka state came to the hospital and complained of pain and itching in one eye. When the doctors began to examine his eye, they saw in shock in the corner of his eye a huge white wriggling worm

In India, a young girl gave birth to her first child and additional arms and legs protruded from the belly of a female baby. They were body parts of her unborn twin sister. This is called a parasitic twin or parasitic twin

An interesting urban legend was popular in the 19th century. It is interesting, first of all, from a medical point of view. The legend of Edward Mordak reached its maximum flowering and illumination on December 8, 1895, when the Boston Post published the article "The Wonders of Modern Science

In one of the hospitals in the south of China, an ambulance delivered a man moaning from severe abdominal pain

The virus affects not only the lungs of patients, but also their intelligence.Of all types of delirium - a mental illness that is accompanied by clouding of consciousness and hallucinations, we are most familiar with delirium tremens, aka “delirium tremens”. Thi

The man with the most common English name Robert Smith has a very unusual and, frankly, unhappy fate

The author, a native of the USSR, recalls his childhood and offers his American fellow citizens, who are not used to the lack of toilet paper and essential goods in supermarkets, tips for surviving the shortages caused by the coronavirus epidemic

Throughout history, humanity has often had to deal with deadly epidemics. Some ailments have not yet been identified by scientists. One of the most mysterious diseases is a terrible infection that originated in the British Isles at the end of the 15th century, from which 95-100% of cases died

Despite the fact that the past of the Buryat people is now and then idealized, many scientists, including those from Ulan-Ude, recognize that the Soviet government actually saved the people from the demographic catastrophe that threatened them at the beginning of the 20th century

The SARS-COV-2 coronavirus is insidious and mysterious. The symptoms of the disease he causes are varied, and the portrait of his typical victim is not at all as obvious as it seemed before. 23andMe is going to use its unique genetic database to identify a possible link between patients' DNA and vulnerability to the virus

On the agenda in recent months is exclusively the coronavirus and ways to combat it, but an equally important and exciting topic is when the pandemic of a new infection may end.The coronavirus pandemic swept the whole world, and in all countries, without exception, they take maximum measures and do everything possible to defeat the infection

Syphilis is a terrible blow to the happy hedonism for which Europe was famous before the era of Puritanism. Who would have thought that sex tourism in the Caribbean and a grand orgy with several thousand prostitutes in Naples would turn out to be such a failure?

A Serbian scientist saw a correlation between weak ultraviolet radiation and the emergence of large-scale epidemics of infectious diseases. Images from US satellites confirm that ultraviolet radiation from the sun or disinfection of the atmosphere at the time COVID-19 emerged was even weaker than during the spread of H1N1

It may be hard to believe, but these outdated diseases still exist and are sometimes quite common. Failure to take precautions can result in serious illness or even death

Representatives of the World Health Organization made an important statement on the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever - a viral disease transmitted to humans through animals and ticks, as well as with the blood and secretions of other infected people

On a farm in the American city of Albany, Oregon, a one-year-old cat gave birth to six kittens, one of which had two faces. The local newspaper The Oregonian reports.Farmer Kyla King's domestic cat gave birth on Wednesday morning, May 20. The woman’s attention was attracted by the cub, which was born last. T

A resident of the Indonesian city of Medan, North Sumatra province, suffers from a 40-kilogram tumor that has grown on his face. This is reported by the Daily Mail.34-year-old Andriadi Putra was born with a small spot on his face. As a child, his parents took him to the local doctors, but they were told not to worry

People are still hesitant to return to the Chernobyl exclusion zone; the ghosts of the past still roam here.No, people are not afraid of ghosts or the spirits of the dead living in the dungeons. The enemy living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone is much worse, he has no smell, is not tangible, absolutely inaudible and invisible

A resident of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza suffers from a rare skin condition, due to which she has to constantly use sunscreen and be in the dark. This is reported by the Daily Mail.Karine de Souza, 29, was diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosa when she was three years old

People have long invented legends about yeti and werewolves capable of changing human form to animal form. However, in life there are people who can be called the prototypes of these mythical creatures. One of them was a wonderful girl who was unlucky enough to be born different from everyone else

Doctors from all over the world give up, and foundations call patients "unprofitable."As an infant in the hospital, Amina Zakrieva surprised everyone when she did not cry from the injection. Nobody thought about masculinity - not that age. The child was then given other injections, and the result was the same

All people can be called mutants to one degree or another. But not the same as in X-Men or in the Marvel Universe - even a change in hair color, height, or facial structure can be attributed to mutations. The slightest change in our genes or our environment can lead to the development of traits that make us unique

The image of this creepy, but at the same time cute freak is familiar, probably, to everyone. Someone puts him on avatars, and someone writes comments under his photo like: "the boss has a new secretary"

Woman who suffered Zika virus after being bitten by a mosquito during a trip to Latin America gave birth to a baby with microcephaly and other disabilities on Monday 25 July

Swiss authorities have recorded 28 cases of Zika mosquito infestation since the beginning of the year, media reported on Monday

The sight of this ugly, but at the same time sweet, kind, lively and affable person evokes not so much horror as sympathy and tenderness. He was familiar to most visitors to circus performances and cinemas of the first half of the 20th century

The number of confirmed cases of microcephaly in Brazil has reached 462, with almost 4,000 cases suspected of being diagnosed, Brazilian authorities said, with a total of 3,852 cases pending

Her name is Nazia and she is 25 years old. She sits on a dirty mattress near a Muslim sanctuary and guards the shoes left by the parishioners at the entrance - this is, as it were, her duty. In fact, someone else's shoes are guarded by her companion - dwarf Nazir