Hi guys and welcome back! Today we're going to be discussing Xeroderma Pigmentosum aka XP. XP is a real life disease that effects one in a million people. This disease causes a fatal sensitivity to sunlight. If someone with XP is exposed to even a dot of sunlight they can get skin cancer, their brain starts to overheat, and they most likely will die. Sounds fun right? I didn't think so. People with XP are often called real life vampires, due to the fact that they can only go out at night.
Why am I talking about this? Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, that's why. To be specific Patrick Schwarzenegger. Patrick plays Charlie in 2018 film Midnight Sun, a movie starring Bella Thorne. In the movie Thorne plays Katie Price, a teen girl who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum. Katie falls in love with Charlie, a regular teenage boy, and tries to hide her condition from him as their romance blossoms.
Another disease that mimics vampirism is Porphyria. Porphyria is the result of chemical build up in your body. It causes a person to have fatal sensitivity to sunlight, a thirst for blood, and skin tightening around the cheekbones that makes teeth more pointed. This disease is almost more rare than XP, and much more follows the true story of vampirism. It actually is what inspired the myths.
But who says that they're really myths? Do you believe in vampires? Let me know in the comments!
Be sure to watch Midnight Sun rated PG-13
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/midnight-sun
Creep it real,
VampFan🧛
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