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: Rare disease causes skin to melt away in the sun


Harvey Specter
05-07-2014, 12:12 AM
Didn't even know such a disease existed....

ARARAS, Brazil (AP) — This is a village where the people melt away.

Tucked into the sunbaked rolling hills of Brazil's midwest, Araras is home to what is thought to be the largest single group of people suffering from a rare inherited skin disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum, or "XP."

Those with the disease are extremely sensitive to ultraviolet rays from sunlight and highly susceptible to skin cancers. It robs victims of the ability to repair the damage caused by the sun

Pictures might be graphic for some;



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trip
05-07-2014, 12:17 AM
OH GAWD :heckno::heckno::heckno:

twitchyzero
05-07-2014, 12:33 AM
the hills have eyes

xeryusx
05-07-2014, 12:41 AM
Jesus fuck.

Marshall Placid
05-07-2014, 01:06 AM
Oh man.

Don't click on spolier!

Just don't.

I would undo that click if I could.

Limitless
05-07-2014, 01:13 AM
Fuck...... Should have read comments first...

jack3d
05-07-2014, 04:05 AM
that was fucked

doggface
05-07-2014, 04:25 AM
There are many other very disfiguring diseases out there if you want to learn more. Google porphyria or harlequin icthyosis if you want to see more.

Hehe
05-07-2014, 05:07 AM
So, this is what vampire is without the eternal life and blood thirst. :fuckthatshit:

ZordosZZ
05-07-2014, 06:44 AM
:pokerface:
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120520220641/fallout/images/6/6f/Connelly.jpg

ziggyx
05-07-2014, 06:44 AM
I remember seeing this disease on a talk show, I believe it was Maury. A kid had this disease or something very similar and couldn't go outside without being completely covered up. The kid had to cover his face with something similar to a welders face shield.

4444
05-07-2014, 08:19 AM
poor people - rather than saying 'oh man, that's gross, wish i didn't click that' why don't you think of the poor people who were born like this, at no fault of their own.

JSALES
05-07-2014, 10:48 AM
Fuck, good thing I finished eating before I clicked

Gucci Mane
05-07-2014, 11:00 AM
poor people - rather than saying 'oh man, that's gross, wish i didn't click that' why don't you think of the poor people who were born like this, at no fault of their own.

this coming from someone who hates other people :suspicious:

white rocket
05-07-2014, 11:38 AM
man, that is a raw deal.

ZN6
05-07-2014, 01:28 PM
Did not click link. I've had the displeasure of seeing the effects of flesh eating bacteria. I don't know what's worse; getting eaten alive by something you can't even see or have flesh being melted off by the very thing that made life on Earth possible.

Sad.

snails
05-07-2014, 01:30 PM
OP should spoiler the spoiler.. with an extra warning..

i knew about this disease but honestly didnt think it was this bad..

urrh
05-07-2014, 02:39 PM
OP should spoiler the spoiler.. with an extra warning..
he's not responsible for saving people from themselves

spideyv2
05-07-2014, 06:03 PM
I was just about to have dinner

fuck

jinxcrusader
05-07-2014, 09:10 PM
Reminds me of Taiyou no Uta

4444
05-07-2014, 09:58 PM
this coming from someone who hates other people :suspicious:

ya, because most people are dickheads, as proven by the kind of selfish responses here.

people born with disabilities should be provided with all the help they need to live a more comfortable life - they did nothing to deserve their fate, whereas most dicks on this earth treat others like shit and then bitchy, whine, and cry about the most unimportant things around, so ya, i hate 'people', but i have empathy for those born with disabilties

124Y
05-07-2014, 10:31 PM
Oh man... must be really shitty to be born with this disease. :heckno:

Jegz
05-07-2014, 11:51 PM
OH GOD WHY

SupraMan604
05-08-2014, 11:41 PM
so sad....

shenmecar
05-09-2014, 10:56 AM
I thought Windows XP was bad, this shit is on a whole new level.