A fan of the H3 Podcast phoned in to ask Ethan Klein to help him name his rare genetic condition after being approached to do so by the National Institute of Health. On April 11, a caller named ...

Have you heard of the ligma disease? Don’t feel bad if you haven’t because the disease doesn’t actually exist. Nevertheless, that hasn’t prevented stories of streamer Tyler Belvins ...

It may be a fictional disease, but it has proved highly contagious across the internet in recent days with thousands now talking about ‘Ligma’. The obvious question arises, ‘what is Ligma?’ ...

Professional gamer Ninja was subject to a similar hoax claiming that he passed away from ‘ligma’ disease. Tekashi 6ix9ine is not dead and is active on social media. https://www.instagram ...

Claiming to be the only one who was allegedly diagnosed with the rare disorder, he decided to name the disease "Ligma," which is a fake disorder that went viral on social media years back.

Sure enough, the next day another Instagram account reposted the image and said they couldn’t believe that Blevins had died of ligma. Ligma, for the record, is not a real medical condition.

A HIGHLY contagious - but fictional - disease spread across Reddit and Twitter and thousands of people wanted to know what Ligma was. This is where it gets complicated because, strictly speaking ...