So it only happens if you eat food?
Looks like Ethiopia is immune from the disease.
[QUOTE=raviool;33902272]would you like some more salt? just keep nodding until its enough.[/QUOTE]
This and similiar events must be why 80% of the infected people died. :I
Though seriously, I hope they find a some sort of cure for this strange sickness.
[QUOTE=Contag;33903546]Do you understand what black humour is?[/QUOTE]
Apparently most of FP doesn't understand it either when someone makes a joke about an abused cat or some other similar pet.
[QUOTE=paul simon;33905118]Though seriously, I hope they find a some sort of cure for this strange sickness.[/QUOTE]If it's the same parasite as the one that causes river blindness, an antibiotic and/or ivermectin regimen might help.
Some guy had an avatar that looked exactly like this. With the ramen noodles and shit.
The italic part was [I]really[/I] hard to read. Please don't put entire paragraphs in italic.
Sounds like they got some really shitty deceases over there. By "violently nodding" I'm assuming neck spazzing. What kills them though? Breaking the neck? Sounds like a fucking horrible way to die.
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[quote=wikipedia ofcourse]
The symptoms of nodding disease are very peculiar. When a child is affected by it, [B]his/her growth appears to be completely and permanently stunted[/B]. The [B]growth of the brain is also stunted[/B], [B]leading to mental retardation[/B] of the victim. The disease is named nodding syndrome since it causes pathological nodding. This is a seizure which often [B]begins when the victim begins to eat food, or sometimes when he/she feels cold.[5][/B]
These seizures are brief and halt after the child stops eating or when they feel warm again. These seizures can manifest themselves with a wide degree of severity. Neurotoxicologist Peter Spencer, who has investigated the disease has stated that upon presentation with food, "one or two [children] will start nodding very rapidly in a continuous, pendulous nod. The child next door will suddenly go into a grand-mal seizure, others will freeze."[6] Severe seizures can cause the child to collapse, leading to further injury.[7] Sub-clinical seizures have been identified in electroencephalograms, and MRI scans have shown brain atrophy and damage to the hippocampus and glia cells.[4]
[B]The nodding is very unusual as the victims don't appear to suffer from seizures when they are given an unfamiliar food, for example a candy bar.[8][/B]
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That's a really horrible, yet special decease. It's like the brain is so fucked up it doesn't know what to do when the body gets food, yet doesn't freak out if it doesn't understand it's food.
Maybe Ugandans just agree with something
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33902975]I think everyone posting shitty puns are also fucking dumb and need to get over themselves. Cause seizuring which kills you is so funny. I'll leave what I think as a thinking exercise to you. But considering your first course of action is to ad hominem, good job.[/QUOTE]
Oh c'mon, the jokes and puns is what makes Facepunch's news section so unique and awesome.
Remove all that and all you have is a generic and humorless news discussion where all you'll get is about 5 replies on every thread from the same bunch of old men who are the only ones left who actually finds this place entertaining.
Is this for real?
Watch, soon it's a disease that turns all the men into flaming homosexuals.
If god was real, it'd be his way of saying "Fuck you, Uganda"
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33902975]I think everyone posting shitty puns are also fucking dumb and need to get over themselves. Cause seizuring which kills you is so funny. I'll leave what I think as a thinking exercise to you. But considering your first course of action is to ad hominem, good job.[/QUOTE]
I you don't like pun central, you don't have to be here you know.
[IMG]http://www.jimhaynes.org/files/smart_guy_nodding_yes_lg_clr.gif[/IMG]
[sp]I know this is extremely dumb but I'm just bored[/sp]
[QUOTE=thisispain;33902152]66 dead kids, and the only responses are about puns.
i wouldn't quit your day jobs guys, i'm pretty sure your comedy careers aren't going to take off anytime soon.[/QUOTE]
If you don't laugh, you'll cry.
[editline]27th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33902815]I'm sure if it was a Cat facepunch would be flipping out. Typical[/QUOTE]
Cat nods itself to death! Update at 11!
I find that funnier than the main story. Which I don't find funny at all
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