In the last 100 years, medicine has improved in research that we have even given it the name modern medicine even when we know that the next 100 years will be more modern than now. Anyways, with the improvement of modern medicine, it is very difficult to believe that scientists have not been able to understand a whole lot of things that can go wrong in the body.
I would expect that when a person goes to the hospital, the doctor should be able to identify what is wrong after conducting tests, and should be able to profound treatments or cure based on research and previous medical cases but this isn't always the reality because science is still far from identifying all. If you haven't heard any of the diseases I am going to be mentioning here, or have never been diagnosed with any of them, then you are lucky. With that, let's check out a few disease that we know about but we either still find it hard to explain them or still do not know how to treat it. This still shows that we are still progressing in science.
What would you think of a child having muscles like he had been visiting the gym and doing some rounds for up to 1 year having enlarged chest, biceps and muscles in general, this is what happens when a person suffers from Myostatin-Related Muscle Hypertrophy. This condition causes an increased muscle mass and muscle strength and a reduced fat. This condition is as a result of a mutation in the MSTN gene which then disrupt the production of myostatin which is a protein responsible for muscle growth.
While that sounds like a superhero movie because infants with the condition can begin to exhibit enlarged muscles, another thing that will catch you by surprise is Hyperekplexia which is a condition also known as exaggerated surprise. This disorder is an inherited disorder and it is characterized by increased muscle tone when a person is caught by surprise which is overreaction. With the surprise comes exaggerated movement of muscles leading to brief rigidity where the patient cannot move during the process. It is believed to be caused by mutation in certain brain stem receptors which inhibits the normal dampening signals from dampening startle reflexes.
Since we still expect more surprises, what would you say if you see a person crying blood. This is what happens when a person suffers from a condition known as Haemolacria. My mum will tell me as a child that if you like cry out blood, you wouldn't get that thing you want that you do not need. She uses this word literally but with Haemolacria, a person actually cries blood. Scientist do not know the actual cause but believe it happens as a result of infection, trauma, or other conditions leading to it but are still uncertain about the cause. Scientist were able use antibiotics for treating eye problems.
Wait, Sweating sickness is another condition and I now begin to fear because I sweat a lot at least reasonably because mine is associated with heat and it is not in anyway hyperhidrosis which can disrupt the day of people suffering from the condition. When this happens, it can lead to social anxiety. Treatments exists but they come with different side effect and varying results. Also research is still ongoing on it. Just as there is a sweating sickness, there is a nodding syndrome. This syndrome can lead to the stunting of growth and brain growth and people suffering from this disease suffer from intellectual disabilities and patients begins to nod when they eat and are cold.
This is just a few, and there are so many more conditions and diseases that scientists are researching on and this shows that even with the years we have spent studying the human body and disease, there is still a lot to learn.
Read More
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/muscle-hypertrophy
- https://www.verywellhealth.com/myostatin-related-muscle
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/2660
- https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/hyperekplexia/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/766205
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7210829/
- https://www.canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca/article/S0008
- https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/abstract/2013/06000
- https://www.who.int/teams/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases
- https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/international-study
- https://www.britannica.com/science/sweating-sickness
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3917436/
