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  2. Ghost sickness - Wikipedia

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    Ghost sickness is a culture-bound syndrome among some indigenous peoples in North America and Polynesian peoples in which people are preoccupied with the deceased or consumed by pathological grief.

  3. Cotard's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cotard's syndrome, also known as Cotard's delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. [1]

  4. Culture-bound syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.

  5. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A sickness which is contracted from prolonged proximity with ghosts, which causes hallucinations, fever, chills and extreme fear. Dean Winchester contracted this disease from an evil ghost he encountered and became immensely afraid of every single thing he encountered, even being afraid of a cat. The vanquishing of the ghost defeated the disease.

  6. Acute radiation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. [1]

  7. 'Ghost Boy' tells true story of waking from 12-year coma - AOL

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    The condition that best describes what Pistorius was going through is called Locked-In Syndrome. It's rare and causes complete paralysis of muscles, except the eyes. It's rare and causes complete ...

  8. Mass psychogenic illness - Wikipedia

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    Mass psychogenic illness; Other names: Mass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder: Painting of Dancing plagues of the Middle Ages are thought to have been caused by mass hysteria. Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, fatigue, sore ...

  9. Have you ever had a 'ghost poop'? Here's what that says ... - AOL

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    Looking at the second definition of ghost poops, whether a stool floats or sinks has a lot more to do with what we eat, says Schnoll-Sussman. ... usually indicate an illness or other digestive ...