Twenty years ago, Dr. Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez cared for schizophrenic patients who thought they were dead, symptoms common in someone suffering from Cotard’s Syndrome, which is also known as Walking Corpse Disease. It is not uncommon for patients to experience symptoms of depression and have an unwillingness to live. Cotard’s is believed to be a type of delusional psychosis for which a cure has not been found.Yet, like Dr. Ramírez-Bermúdez, doctors are using medications and other treatments to relieve symptoms. Frighteningly, like foodborne illnesses, everyone is susceptible to Cotard’s and it is often misdiagnosed.
Suffering from a disease is emotionally and physically draining, but suffering from a rare disease makes circumstances even more
Suffering from a disease is emotionally and physically draining, but suffering from a rare disease makes circumstances even more