Articles for tag: Hypertrichosis, Religious Cults

The Truth About Vampires and Werewolves

Are vampires and werewolves real? Or are they simply myths and legends told to entertain and scare? Throughout history there have been sightings, cases, and unexplained facts that prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they do indeed exist. Skeptical people claim that there is a rational explanation for these events, but the proof ...

Rare and Strange Diseases

Even though science has made many helpful discoveries in the field of medicine, there are still many rare and strange diseases that doctors do not know the cause of, and cannot treat satisfactorily. One such disease is Human Werewolf Syndrome, also known as Hypertrichosis. This disease is so rare that there have only been 50 ...

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Lycanthropic Disorder

In the werewolf legend, it is said that a man shifts into a wolf-like creature either by magic, curse or more reasonably, disease. Lycanthropic Disorder, Hypertrichosis, and Therianthropy are all disease that can give a person the physical and mental appearance of a werewolf. Most people do not believe in this mythological and folkloric legend, ...

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Myths & Legends: The Curse of the Werewolf

Human beings have always had a fascination with the werewolf. They have been the subject of literature, television shows, and movies. They have been romanticized, criticized, vilified, and pitied for hundreds of years. But do they really exist? Most of us would automatically answer “of course not. They are fictional characters meant to entertain and ...

“Warewolf Syndrome,” Hypertrichosis Disorder

Hypertrichosis is a very sad and misunderstood disorder of excessive, unwanted body hair. Unfortunately, some of the individuals with severe hypertrichosis have been displayed in carnival sideshows with names like “dog-boy” or the “bearded lady.” In this disorder, nearly all of the skin on the body except the palms of the hands and the soles ...

Elica 0.1% (Mometasone Furoate)

Last Tuesday, my sister went back to Capitol to have her leg checked. She was operated the week before to have a possibly cancerous “bukol” removed. Fortunately, biopsy casted off her fears. The “bukol” was apparently caused by her sensitive skin’s reaction to a pimple or a mosquito bite. After a week of waiting for ...