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Count Dracula might have been an invention of the author Bram Stoker, but there is a real-life disease called acute intermittent porphyria that somewhat mimics the symptoms of horror’s scariest species. The Halloween season and all of its strange traditions are officially here. In between picking up your boo basket and guzzling down the latest Starbucks release, why not digest some spooky information about the real-world disease that some scholars think inspired tales of vampires, bloodsuckers, and everything in between. Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare disorderAcute intermittent porphyr…