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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
These adolescents have just graduated and look forward to moving on from high school and adolesence
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
The “Infertility Belt” In certain countries in Central Africa, infertility rates are as high as 30%
Wang Guochen, c. nineteenth century
Cao Fei, RMB City, in Art in the Twenty-First Century, season 5 episode, "Fantasy".
Cancer Survival Rates According to Psychological Response to Diagnosis