Health and Medical Trivia

  • A person who suffers from Stendhal Syndrome is literally shocked by beauty, causing their heartbeat to race and even hallucinations.
  • Most lip balms are made with salicylic acid crystals - An ingredient that causes your lips to peel, so you use more lip balm.
  • When in love, the production of Oxycontin helps increase our pain tolerance, both physical and emotional.
  • You can literally be "scared to death." Fear causes your body to pump adrenaline into your blood, which can be toxic in large amounts.
  • A person who suffers from Munchausen syndrome either fakes or exaggerates an illness to gain attention and sympathy.
  • Bigorexia (Muscle dysmorphia) is a disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with working out because they are not muscular enough.
  • The sense of smell connects to the part of the brain that controls emotions and memories. That's why smells often evoke strong feelings.
  • The radiation from smoking one pack of cigarettes a day is almost equal to that of 2,000 chest X-Rays.
  • Lack of face-to-face social contact increases a person's chances of heart disease, stroke, and dementia.
  • People who suffer from "Urbach-Wiethe" disease are unable to feel fear.
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