The Most Horrible Diseases Ever to Tremble the World 3
Don’t doubt and don’t ask why. These weird and horrible diseases exist around us. They really make it difficult for those affected to live normal lives.
You may have read on my previous articles on The most horrible diseases ever to tremble the world, and The most horrible diseases ever to tremble the world 2 (or “weirdest and horrible diseases you never seen before”), and now, I bring you the third part of these horrible diseases. In this series, I’ll focus more on tumor.
Tumor is an abnormal growth of body tissue. It can either be non-cancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). When the body has a problem to divide cells, in which the balance of cell division is disrupted or the body has a problem with the immune system, there’s the tumor seen appearing from parts of the body. Most notable occurrences of the tumors are observed around the hand, leg, face, nose, and etc.
Chantal Sébire was a retired French teacher, who was diagnosed with esthesioneuroblastoma (a rare form of cancer) in 2000. She had suffered from this disturbing disease for years, but she refused to receive any medical treatment as she didn’t want to take the risk of medication or surgery. According to her, this was the most disturbing, unbearable, painful and disfiguring facial tumor disorder. She said that this extensive facial tumor “eat away” her sight, sense of taste and smell. Due to the extremely painful feeling, she decided to make a public appeal to Nicholas Sarkozy, the French president to permit her to die through euthanasia by saying that, “One would not allow an animal to go through what I’ve endured.” Nevertheless, her public appeal was turned down by the high court of Dyon, France. She was found dead in her house on March 19, 2008, and while observing her blood test, the autopsy confirmed that her death was caused by a toxic concentration of the drug Pentobarbital.
This unfortunate guy is from China, whose name is Huang Liqian. In 1990, he accidentally came across with the abnormal and bizarre growth on the back of his neck. At that moment, he thought that it was alright to ignore the tumor. However, when the time passed by, he discovered that the tumor continuously increased in its mass and weight. The scary thing about this growth was that it was growing in a tremendous speed! And eventually, the growth grew to the weight of 15kg (or 33 pound). He was then sent to the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Service in southwest China, and finally the huge tumor on his neck was successfully removed in 2007.
This is another Chinese guy from southern Hunan Province, who called himself Huang Chuncai and he was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis. This is a rarely seen genetic disorder of the nervous system which has become the main culprit to the growth on his face. He had undergone two times of surgeries, the first was to remove the 25-pound tumor, while the second was to remove the 33-pound tumor. He had lived with this huge facial tumor since he was four years old. The growth grew larger and larger when the time passed by, until one day; he surprisingly found that the growth was big enough to crush down his left eye, causing his left ear being pulled down to parallel the level of shoulder, hitting his teeth out, while damaging his physical appearance. Despite of the deformed backbone, his growth was seriously disrupted, and thus, he was only grown to a height of 4.5 feet. Before the surgery, the mass of the tumor had caused his disability to eat, listen and even speak. See how difficult for him to even drink a spoonful of soup!!!
Jose Mestre is a guy who came from Lisbon, Portugal, and he is also known as “the man without a face.” The abnormality in the veins, nerves and capillaries that occurs on his face is a vascular malformation, which is also said to be a collection of blood vessels that have extended abnormally, leaving a raised red area on his physical appearance. Initially, when he was 11 years old, the tumor came out as a strawberry-colored birth mark on his upper lip, but during his puberty period, this huge growth was grown to crush down his nose, lips, and one of his eyes. The tumor has also twisted his gums and knocking his teeth off. Over time, the 33-cm-long tumor is still growing with the weight around 3kg, which can be considered quite a big growth in a human history. He’s just like another version of “The phantom of the opera”. The growth is growing day by day, but due to the religious belief, he refused to receive the surgery. We may wonder will his life ends up without a face?
It’s not a pleasant feeling for Liu Hua, who came from Jiangsu, China, to earn an award of “The world’s largest hand.” He was born with a left thumb, index and middle finger, which were measured 26cm, 30cm, and 15 cm respectively. This LARGE hand undoubtedly has caused him difficulty to do his work and daily routine. He was said to undergo a radical plastic surgery at the Shanghai No. 9 People’s Hospital for the purpose of reducing his extremely oversized thumb and fingers. The surgery was important to reshape his shoulder and the left finger. In this procedure, doctor has successfully removed his flesh and bone which were weighed at 5.1kg, leaving him with the thumb, the little finger and the ring finger, or three fingers on his left hand.
Also read:
Somewhat Unusual: The Most Disturbing Deformations and Abnormalities in Human History (latest article- The Most Horrible Diseases Ever to Tremble the World 4)
Updated: The latest article: The most horrible diseases ever to tremble the world 5 (or The deadliest and most horrible diseases that shock the world).
Final remark:
No humiliating and laughing at these unfortunate people, please! Think that, if you’re one of them, will you allow others to humiliate or laugh at you? Please show your caring heart towards these communities. After reading this article, you should appreciate your present appearance. No more grumbling about your look, please! Let’s pray for their well being and healthy!
Now, you can gain more health knowledge by visiting my health blog entitled HealthAssist. More upcoming updates and latest health information are right on the way!
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nobert soloria bermosa | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
horrible diseases indeed,nice one Chan
papaleng | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
awesome article. this one goes to my stumble.
BC Doan | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Very horrible diseases!
Christine Ramsay | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
This is an amazing article. Those poor people. The bravery they have shown is unbelievable.
Christine
Melody Arcamo Lagrimas | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Well-researched, Chan, these are indeed horrible diseases.
Andromeda | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
You never cease to amaze me Chan. great article. I wonder how “the man without a face” eats and sees. It’s a tremendous feat for him to go out in public and an amazing gesture of humility that he will not get the surgery.
Well done!
Anne McNew | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Nice post Chan, very well presented. Im amazed with the facts you’ve shared. thanks
Kate Smedley | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
What awful diseases, it should make us realise how lucky we are, brilliant article, very well written.
Stacey T Pollock | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Wow that is such an eye opening article. I cannot believe how such things can remain untreated for so long. It is sad to see.
Thankyou for your informative article.
edward | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
nice article…well researched…
David Irvine | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
I watched a documentary on these actual people. Very good article. Well done.
Glynis Smy | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Good article, dreadful disorders for these folk.
valli | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
It is very sad to see the pictures.
Adry | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
this is so sad and I am in shock with those pics and vids.
Good article.
Jo Oliver | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
I had to collect myself before making this comment. Chan, everyday that I know you, I grow to respect you more and more. You did an outstanding job on this article. Thank you for presenting this info in a respectful way.
In years past, many greedy people used people just like these as profit side shows. Still, I see many articles painting these horrific diseases with labels like “freak.” That is rude and inhumane. We can all learn about the disease process and gain knowledge from these brave souls….without painting them as freak shows.
Your friend,
jo oliver
Likha | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Very substantial piece here. In my country, poverty is the number one enemy of disease. Fortunate are those who have the financial means to seek medical attention. All my good wishes for people who suffer from these illnesses.
Judy Sheldon | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
We are blessed not to have to endure.
PR Mace | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
This article just shows us we should all count our blessing. You wrote this well with great understanding of the subject matter.
Ruby Hawk | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
I have read about some of these unfortunate people and seen some of them on TV. It is so tragic. I just don’t know what to say.
Eunice Tan | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Very good you bring this issue. Indeed many horrible diseases are threadthening us.
Monica Sappleton | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
This is so unfortunate for these people. We certainly hope they’ll be able to overcome it one day.
Mr Ghaz | Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
Deep sympathy to them. Thanks for this Amazing story and well-written piece
Inna Tysoe | Mar 16, 2009 | Reply
I hope treatments for these can be found–and soon.
Inna
Kalaiselvan | Mar 16, 2009 | Reply
ooohhhhhhh… I sympathize for them… Really painful..
CutestPrincess | Mar 17, 2009 | Reply
my gosh Chan, this article really made me cry… i feel sorry for them! Im hoping and praying for them to be cured!
C A Johnson | Mar 17, 2009 | Reply
This was a very interesting article, Chan. I feel so sorry for these poor people. I agree that it really does make you want to count your blessings when you see how badly these people are suffering.
Yovita Siswati | Mar 18, 2009 | Reply
so sad and scarry. I feel sorry for them. Great article Chan. You always write a very descriptiptive and informative article.
Dee Gold | Mar 18, 2009 | Reply
I’ll pray for them
Chris Stonecipher | Mar 20, 2009 | Reply
Chan,
You did a wonderful job on this article. I am sure it was emotional and painful for you to write. I will pray for these people. Thank you
Chris
Unofre Pili | Mar 21, 2009 | Reply
Oh my God! really horrible diseases. Than ks for sharing.
clay hurtubise | Mar 21, 2009 | Reply
When we think we have it bad in our normal routine, all we need to do is think of these unfortunate folks.
Thanks,
Clay
Ella Currence | Mar 23, 2009 | Reply
Good article horrible diseases.
Arab Girl | May 27, 2009 | Reply
can I translate this article into Arabic, please?
Of course I will make sure to mention the source and add a link to your site.
I will take not answering as a yes..
thank you so much..
CHAN LEE PENG | May 27, 2009 | Reply
To Arab Girl,
You can only translate the first two paragraphs from this article into Arabic, and then you should leave a link to this article. It’s not right to translate the whole text as it’s similar to steal the copyright of my work.
I hope you understand the situation, but I admire you to ask for permission before doing so.
It’s always not right to copy the whole text of mine to other webpage which is considered as copyright impringement.
Thanks.
Arab Girl | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply
uh, I see.
The last thing I want is stealing someone else’s work. But translating articles is not stealing.I will mentioned that it is a translation for this work and the name of the author will be mentioned as well.
I am not trying to argue, but this article has effected me to unbelievable degree, and I wanted Arab people to read it and be grateful for what they have.
Anyway, it is your work and you have the right to refuse.
Thank you very much.