Warning: the following shocking, graphic images make H1N1 look like a case of the sniffles. These most gruesome and gory things that can happen to the human body include conditions that are both treatable and untreatable with the help of modern medicine. These horrific medical conditions range from slightly debilitating to life threatening and rank high on the things you don't want to see happen to your body at any point in your life.
What are the worst things that can grow on the human body? What flesh diseases are treatable? This list of physical diseases highlights some of the terrible things that affect the human body and what can be done to treat them. In some cases, there is no cure for these conditions, only options for treatment. Fortunately, many of these conditions have long since been suppressed into remission and are not as often seen in most parts of the world, though many of these infectious diseases do still exist.
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Gingivitis
Improper oral health is to blame for the most common forms of gingivitis, the destruction of the gums due to the presence of bacterial plaque and the body's response to it. When the reaction proves calamitous, bleeding, redness, soreness, and halitosis (bad breath) can all occur in the mouth.
Leprosy
Approximately 95% of people are naturally immune to leprosy, which appears to spread person-to-person by nasal droplets. It is most common in places where living conditions are considered poor and substandard and causes tissue to become numb and diseased if untreated. Skin legions are the first signs of the affliction which, left untreated, can cause permanent damage to the eyes and limbs of the body.
Trachoma
Passed by eye, nose, and throat secretions from affected individuals, Trachoma presents itself as white nodules under the eyelid which, untreated, can cause the eyelid to turn itself into the eye where the lashes scratch the cornea causing eye damage and possibly blindness. The affliction can also be passed through inanimate items that have come in contact with fromites (carriers of the disease) like towels, tissues, and cloth.
In most cases, a single dose of antibiotics can be administered to treat the condition, while other cases require surgery to correct the position of the eyelid.
Liver disease
Liver disease just makes life awful. There are several common varieties (Hepatitis, Fatty Liver Disease, and Cirrhosis among them) which can cause indigestion, reflux, gallstones, hemorroroids, nausea, bloating, constipation, and alcohol intolerance. Aside from the physical effects, there are psychological effects resulting from liver disease that can include depression, headaches, and mood changes.
Treatments include steroid-based therapy, reduction of alcohol consumption, and improving diet and quality of physical activity.
Herpes
Legions and sores are the most common visible symptoms of the herpes virus, which can be present in both the oral and genital regions. Most commonly passed by contact with a sore or through the bodily fluid of an infected person, there is no cure for the disease which goes between active and remission states.
Ringworm
Ringworm is not actually caused by a worm, but by a fungal infection that can affect numerous places on the body including the feet (athlete's foot), hands, legs, face, and groin. The fungus thrives in moist, warm areas like pools, locker rooms, and folds of the skin. It can also be transferred via towels, clothing, and sports equipment. The condition is treated most commonly with an anti-fungal ointment with oral medications administered in more extreme cases.
Tapeworm
Though an uncommon affliction in the first world (save for dieters desperate to lose weight), a tapeworm infection takes place in the digestive tract where the worm can cause symptoms of indigestion, diarrhea, loss of appetite and sometimes anemia. Tapeworms are generally treated with one dose of medication, though the worst part of a tapeworm infection is when it is taken out whole and you see the giant parasite that's been living in your intestine.
Flesh Eating Disease
Clinically known as necrotizing fasciitis, flesh eating disease is an infection that travels across the subcutaneous tissues and lower layers of skin destroying the healthy tissues as it spreads. The disease typically affects those with already compromised immune systems (those debilitated with cancer or other chronic diseases) and is caused by organisms normally found on the skin.
Treatment early on in the infection is largely guesswork, with antibiotics being administered as soon as there is suspicion of the disease. A high incident of suspicion will lead to surgery and, in extreme cases, amputation.
Elephantitis
Most commonly seen in the legs male genitals, Elephantiasis is a disease that causes the thickening of skin and the underlying tissues, causing the affected body parts to swell to abnormally large sizes. The disease is carried by microscopic, parasitic worms transferred by mosquitoes. Once present in the body, a chain of reactions can lead to the lymph system to shutting down, causing the swelling characteristic of the disease.
There is no cure, per se, for Elephantitis, nor is there a vaccine currently available. Treatments include prescription drugs, rigorous washing of the affected ares, binding in elastic bandages, and in some cases surgery.
Skin Shedding
Clinically known as Harlequin Ichthyosis, this severe genetic disorder that mainly affects the skin only affects infants. The most common cause of death is systemic infection and sufferers rarely survived for more than a few days.
There have, however, been improvements in care, most notably the drug Isotretinoin (Isotrex). Some patients have survived into adolescence and, in very rare cases, lived to adulthood.