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Aquagenic Urticaria
Aquagenic urticaria or Water urticaria , is a rare condition in which hives develop within one to 15 minutes after contact with water. The hives last for 10 to 120 minutes & do not seem to be caused by histamine release like the other normal physical hives. Most investigators believe that this condition is actually exquisite skin sensitivity to additives in the water such as chlorine or else. (dermatology.about.com)
Mowgli Syndrome
Mowgli Syndrome , is a term that is often given to children that are found with severe cognitive and/or physical deficiencies that is not the result of any biological cause, but rather are due to severe neglect. These children originally comprised of two recognized categories
- Victims of psychogenic dwarfism due to severe abuse and neglect by their parents or guardians, or
- Feral children, who are children that grew up outside of the influence of civilization (savages), and are sometimes reportedly raised by wild animals.
Of late, this term has been used to define parentless children of HIV positive parents.
(en.wikipedia.org)
Osteo Odonto Keratoprosthesis
Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) or “Tooth-in-eyeâ€, originated by Prof Benedetto Strampelli in Italy in 1960’s, is a medical procedure which aims at sight restoration for patients with the most severe type of corneal and ocular surface diseases (damage), for whom other treatments would not be useful. It involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patients own tooth & the surrounding bone. (cuhk.edu.hk - pdf)
