Extraordinary Humans

Season 1

Extraordinary Humans explains extreme medical conditions and tells the story of amazing human feats.

Bones
E1
BonesPeople with genetic bone disorders are profiled, including a 9-year-old with brittle bone disease, and a 28-year-old with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), which turns muscles into bone.
Blood
E2
BloodCameras follow a 12-year-old with a bulging vascular malformation caused by abnormal blood vessels as he undergoes a risky procedure to have it diminished. Also: a 16-year-old with Klippel-Trenaunay (KT) syndrome is profiled.
Muscles
E3
MusclesProfiling a 31-year-old with dystonia, a rare movement disorder that causes involuntary contractions of muscles. Also followed: a 41-year-old man with spinal muscle atrophy, which has caused his muscles to wither away.
Skin
E4
SkinTwo rare skin disorders are examined, including harlequin ichthyosis (HI), a condition characterized by hard, scale-like skin that reproduces at an accelerated rate; and epidermolysis bullosa (EB), which causes the skin to be very fragile.
Science of Dwarfism
E5
Science of Dwarfism
The Girl Who Cries Blood
E6
The Girl Who Cries Blood
The Girl With Eight Limbs
E7
The Girl With Eight Limbs
The Twins Who Share a Brain
E8
The Twins Who Share a Brain
The World's Smallest Girl
E9
The World's Smallest Girl
The Girl With Eight Limbs Revisited
E10
The Girl With Eight Limbs Revisited