[Steveycip]

Brutal!!

[StiffyWood]

Poor bastard.

[beccatheeditor]

Originally Posted by DeezeKnutz ↗

Well done on the diagnosis. I didnt think someone would get it that fast.

Diagnosis is wrong. It's not Proteus Syndrome.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by beccatheeditor ↗

This is the skeleton of Harry Eastlack, a man afflicted with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Proteus syndrome was a good guess, but wrong on this one. He is the most famous example of this disease, and his body is at the Mutter Museum in Philedelphia. The part above about the body transforming normal tissue into bone is correct. The elephant man did have Proteus syndrome, but not Harry. He ended his life completely frozen in bone, not even able to open his mouth.

yep been there seen it!!! that is one UNDER RATED place to visit

[mrpuck]

Originally Posted by beccatheeditor ↗

This is the skeleton of Harry Eastlack, a man afflicted with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Proteus syndrome was a good guess, but wrong on this one. He is the most famous example of this disease, and his body is at the Mutter Museum in Philedelphia. The part above about the body transforming normal tissue into bone is correct. The elephant man did have Proteus syndrome, but not Harry. He ended his life completely frozen in bone, not even able to open his mouth.

Sorry, my bad. Should've done a little more research before posting.

[beccatheeditor]

Originally Posted by mrpuck ↗

Sorry, my bad. Should've done a little more research before posting.

Hey, you had Merrick's syndrome right! And Merrick's skeleton does have a lot of extra bone like this one does.

[holierthanthou]

isn't this the condition when your skeleton morphs into a solid stone

[Kaboom]

Looks more like that condition that makes your muscles turn to bone the sufferer has to tell doctors which position he wants to live in and they build a chair for stand up or sit down position once there an adult they are stuck the arms and legs or head cant move. You can see in the skeleton pic his bones fused together and theirs bone where muscle should be.

[pinkshadedgirafe]

there was a girl on the telly with this disease. she couldn't be older than 30, and was already confined to a wheelchair. and could really only use her hands

[eli_flower]

Originally Posted by mrpuck ↗

It's called the Proteus syndrome:

Named for the Greek god who could change his shape, this rare hereditary disorder is characterized by multiple lesions of the lymph nodes (lipolymphohemangiomas), overgrowth of one side of the body (hemihypertrophy), an abnormally large head (macrocephaly), partial gigantism of the feet, and darkened spots or moles (nevi) on the skin. Merrick's appearance, and especially his skeleton, carry all the hallmarks of the disorder, although apparently an extremely severe case. His head was so large that the hat he wore measured three feet in circumference.

Basically, every time you hurt yourself, the body regenerates bone instead of the right tissue.