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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo I checked my symptoms on WebMD
And the options seem to be influenza, malaria, and dengue. Awesome. Let's root for #1, shall we?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)According to WebMD, I have:
- Astrocytoma (Brain Cancer)
- Hepatitis
- Leprosy
- Endocarditis
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Diabetes
- Lupus
- Hashimoto's Thyroidosis
- Sprue
- Rickets
- Scurvy
- Cushing's Disease
- Beriberi
- Pernicious Anemia
- and assorted panic disorders. (Because who wouldn't panic over having 41 different fatal illnesses.)
That's the short list. There's nothing actually wrong with me other than my hearing loss, a mild case of psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis related to the psoriasis, being very out of shape and being slightly iron-deficient. Also, I'm prone to forgetting I was cooking with turmeric and that's why my hands are bright yellow.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)Incitatus
(5,317 posts)http://symptoms.webmd.com/
It appears I may have
Lumbar (low back) herniated disk
Cauda equina syndrome
Lumbar (low back) strain
Muscle strain
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Broken (fractured) low back vertebra
Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
Bone spurs
Spinal tumor
Ulcerative colitis
Vertebral compression fracture (lumbar)
Aortic aneurysm (abdomen)
Shingles (herpes zoster)
RushIsRot
(4,016 posts)elleng
(131,129 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)I'm feeling better now, though, so I'm guessing either flu or food poisoning
elleng
(131,129 posts)We'll try not to worry too much!
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)I put "anxiety" in and found out I had ten more ailments too. {rimshot}
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I thought I had Lyme disease but as it turned out it was Lupus and Dermatomyositis.
I was not even close.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)The major symptom was weight loss; more so than I thought my diet change would do. You'd think i'd be happy to lose weight but weight seemed to be free-falling. I plugged that and other symptoms in and it seemed plausible cancer was taking nutrients from me causing the weight loss. I actually and deliberately sabotaged my diet by eating all the stuff I quit eating ( carbs/starches, cheese, red meat, junk food ) and more of it...just to prove to myself I could gain weight. What a dope I was. I didn't do it long and eventually "bottomed out". Turns out my diet really was effective, and I never factored in my increased physical activity. It was all just stupid panic on a whim.
tavernier
(12,406 posts)and it's not cholera either.
Dash87
(3,220 posts)csziggy
(34,138 posts)Incitatus
(5,317 posts)You aren't in South Florida, are you?
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Hope you feel better.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,865 posts)You'll discover that you have bubonic plague, eleven kinds of cancer, sleeping sickness, hemorrhoids, and several diseases you've never even heard of, all of which are horribly fatal.
Stay away from WebMD.