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Mal de ojo as defined in the Outline for Cultural Formulation and Glossary of Culture-Bound Syndromes is a Spanish phrase meaning evil eye. Symptoms include fitful sleeping, crying without apparent cause, diarrhea, vomiting, and fever in a child/infant. It also a belief amongst some people that a certain look can cause them back injury, or bad luck because the person sense they are evil. Certain cultures take drastic protective measures to keep the evil eye away.

Some believe this syndrome occurred in infants and children because they were cute and healthy. When it came to women and men it was because they were rich, living the success of life, and in good health as well. Mal de ojo was found in the Mediterranean cultures.

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4. Some Quick Facts about Mal De Ojo