10 Weirdest Medical Syndromes

Ever have the most random thing ailing you that you think it’s just you? Well it’s likely that there are plenty of you and there’s even a name for it! Check out some of the strangest phobias and disorders below!!

Marisa Mendez

1. Sexsomnia Disorder
Sexsomnia is a disorder in which people participate in sexual acts (either solo or with a partner) while sound asleep. It is classed as one of many parasomnias, which also include things like sleep-walking and talking. Though this is a relatively new syndrome (officially identified in 2003) it has already been accepted as a defense against some alleged rape cases.

2. Fish Odor Syndrome (Trimethylaminuria)
Trimethylaminuria is a rare metabolic disorder that causes a defect in the normal production of a specific enzyme. Long story short, when the body can’t break down trimethylamine during food digestion, the compound builds up and is released in the person’s sweat, urine, and breath, giving off a strong fishy body odor.

The odor varies from person to person; in one, it will just smell like terrible body odor, but in most people it gives off a noticeable pungent fish odor.

3. Exploding Head Syndrome
Exploding Head Syndrome is a parasomnia disorder that causes sufferers to hear loud, explosion-like noises that seem to originate from within their own head. The “explosions” usually occur right after the victim has fallen asleep and sound like a roar, gunshot, loud voices or screams, a ringing noise, or the sound of electrical buzzing.

While victims of this syndrome aren’t physically injured, they tend to experience fear and anxiety after such attacks. There is no known cause or cure for this condition, though it has been linked to stress and fatigue and often vanishes without treatment.

4. Foreign Accent Syndrome
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a speech disorder that is often a side effect of severe brain injury, such as stroke or head trauma. FAS causes sudden changes in speech patterns, intonation and pronunciation so that the victim suddenly starts speaking with a “foreign” accent. FAS typically develops within one or two years after the injury and is often incurable.

5. Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
Non-24 is a chronic circadian rhythm sleep disorder defined as “a chronic steady pattern comprising one-to-two-hour daily delays in sleep onset and wake times in an individual living in society.” The pattern of delay persists “around the clock,” taking several weeks to complete one cycle. This disruption of the body clock causes cyclical bouts of nighttime sleeplessness and excessive daytime fatigue and napping.

It is a neurological sleep disorder that has been traced to genetic abnormalities that affect specific factors in the brain. While anyone can be diagnosed with Non-24, the disorder affects proportionately more totally blind individuals than sighted.

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