Grisi Siknis = Crazy Sickness
Grisi Siknis mainly affects the Misikito people of Eastern Central America. Tradition holds that Grisi Siknis is an imbalance of the spirits caused by a dilman(evil sorcerer).
16 year old Anadina Smith was affected and explained to Nicola Fell,BBC News Corespondent, "One day at school, I felt giddy, and found it difficult to breathe, Then, I saw something coming towards me - a kind of black man or a dragon that entered me and possessed me."
Grisi Siknis is a "running" syndrome and is characterized by anxiety, dizziness, irrational anger and fear, frenzy, a trance-like state, exhaustion, and sleep and/or amnesia. Modern medicine has not been a proven cure. If affected by the Grisi Siknis a witch doctor is your best hope for a cure. The Grisi Siknis still occurs today on Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean coast. Read the recent article on BBC News.
16 year old Anadina Smith was affected and explained to Nicola Fell,BBC News Corespondent, "One day at school, I felt giddy, and found it difficult to breathe, Then, I saw something coming towards me - a kind of black man or a dragon that entered me and possessed me."
Grisi Siknis is a "running" syndrome and is characterized by anxiety, dizziness, irrational anger and fear, frenzy, a trance-like state, exhaustion, and sleep and/or amnesia. Modern medicine has not been a proven cure. If affected by the Grisi Siknis a witch doctor is your best hope for a cure. The Grisi Siknis still occurs today on Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean coast. Read the recent article on BBC News.
Adapted from
Wikipedia Grisi Siknis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisi_siknis#cite_note-1
BBC News 'she ran around like a maniac' By: Nicola Fell http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8007895.stm
Wikipedia Grisi Siknis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisi_siknis#cite_note-1
BBC News 'she ran around like a maniac' By: Nicola Fell http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8007895.stm
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