Easy one!

Ok, so I've grown up in a household unfortunately plagued by medical illnesses. Thus, I have learned perhaps more medical terms than most. What I ask of you is simple : Find the most bizarre medical condition/illness (bizarre names are +'s!) and tell me a little what they do

Can be physical or mental too.

So go get a medical dictionary and suprise me with your medical term.

That's it really, simple yes.

Brooke

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on September 25, 2007
• Rewards: Gold: 100, Silver: 20, Bronze: 10, Honorable mention: 2 people
• Final notes:
  Wow that was quite a contest. Got a moderate amount of entries. Thanks for entering everyone, I definately learned many weird diseases etc. I basically judged based on detail and strangeness. Thanks again and keep writing

Contest Winners

1. The Eternal Woe of the Harlequin Fetus

   A short and lurid description of a rare and horrific ailment.

   by Matthew-Maldonado 500 words, 8 comments, on Sep 14 11:25 AM 2007. In Dark, Depression, Life, Other, Pain, Sad, Tragedy
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
2. Rhinovirus and Hypochondria

   This is one of the most common sicknesses to ever spread through the earth. It is uncomfortable, sometimes painful, and quite often boister

   by elfflower1989 400 words, 2 comments, on Sep 8 1:08 PM 2007. In
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
3. Hidradenitis Suppurativa, chronic, often debilitating skin disease

   by jannieballiett 300 words, 2 comments, on Sep 8 7:33 PM 2007. In , Contest, Medical, Non-fiction, Other, Personal
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
4. Landau-Kleffnew syndrome

   Landau-Kleffner syndrome: A disorder with seizures starting in childhood in which the patient loses skills, such as speech, and develops behavior characteristic of autism.

   by sly fox <100 words, 3 comments, on Sep 8 11:11 AM 2007. In Contest, Medical temonalogy
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 108731, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
6. Alice-in-Wonderland Syndrome

   Experience Migraines? Every get a Migraine so intense, when you look at your body it appears to be morphing, growing very tall or very shor

   by rsheafer 200 words, 4 comments, on Sep 9 2:12 AM 2007. In

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
7. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

   "Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome" is a rare and fatal disease that causes the body to age at an extreme rate. It's a disease that affects one out of eight-million infants — and causes them to grow old before their

   by RedHearts 100 words, 4 comments, on Sep 10 5:15 AM 2007

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [7]

Comments

• By me, right now

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• Brent
  September 8, 2007
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  I'd enter "Schiz-iguana-phrenia," but it's a prewrite. And I might be the only known case.