10 Creepy Things You Didnt Know About Your Body

When it comes to our bodies, we have friends and enemies in unknown places. Creepy things are eating away at us as we speak, and that random itch . . . may be a little bit more than just an itch.

Get ready for ten creepy facts that will make it nearly impossible to avoid getting paranoid about your body!

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Are you familiar with that little annoying eye-twitch that you get sometimes? This mini muscle spasm occurs more often in people who see eye to eye with the surprisingly common eyelash mite.

About half of the world’s population keeps these little critters in their lashes. Pull out a few eyelashes, view them under a microscope, and get ready to meet Mr. Mite: he’s about one third of a millimeter in length, and survives by feeding on your skin cells and oils. Except for making your eyes itchy, the common eyelash mite doesn’t really do any harm. Getting rid of them involves sketchy treatments with tea tree oil, which you could try—if you not only want to get rid of your mites, but also your otherwise-healthy eyeball.

Incidentally, Mr. Mite also leaves a good amount of poo around your eyelids. Tea tree oil sound more tempting now?

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The blood vessels in your face are close friends of the ones at the base of your brain. This means that the facial vessels transport a blood flow to the brain vessels, and that infections in the T-zone of your face can get the bad stuff in your blood to a bad place in your head.

So if you enjoy the great satisfaction of popping spots in the T-zone on your face, or if you like to dig around inside your nose, scratch around a bit and cause an infection, you could end up killing yourself. Damaging your skin in the Triangle of Death on your very own face poses a high risk of infection.

Listen to your favorite Stevie Wonder records if your ear starts ringing, or if you notice small lapses in your hearing every now and then. You may soon join the ranks of those with impaired functions. AIED is a condition in which the autoimmune system in your body starts attacking your ear—and it can be difficult to treat, if it goes unnoticed for long enough. The onset of AIED is difficult to define; more often than not, the sufferer’s hearing will be damaged before treatment can begin.

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More and more people are suffering from Necrotizing Fasciitis, or NF. This not-so-jolly condition occurs most often in people with suppressed immune systems, such as those suffering from a lot of stress, or maladies such as diabetes.

But hey! Don’t feel left out just because you’re leading a relatively happy and healthy life; drinkers and smokers are at risk too. A wide range of bacteria can cause this flesh- and tissue-destroying disease, and NF is becoming more common. About seventy percent of all people suffering from NF—diagnosed and undiagnosed—may die.

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Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy often goes unnoticed until it’s way too late. Only one percent of the population has this eye disease, but the most unfortunate ones can experience a very dramatic eyeball explosion. So what happens? The gel inside the eyeball starts to fill up the cornea, the pressure builds, and pop!

If you find this happening to you, you’ve got your parents to blame; at least one of them passed the gene on to you.

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