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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
I said "disease or pathogen." Parasites are pathogens.
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Tony-S
Posts: 1460
Fort Collins, Colorado, US
Been thinking about this for a few days. For infectious diseases:
Individually, Nipah virus (the basis of the movie Contagion).
From a public health perspective, influenza viruses. Too many, and no way to make enough vaccine for the highly pathogenic strains.
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Vintagevista
Posts: 11804
Sun City, California, US
Marburg
*shudder*
"At the 3 WEEK mark their skin peeled off....."
You deal with this nightmare for 3 freaking weeks - - - And THEN, your skin sloughs off??????
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John Photography
Posts: 13811
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Isn't there another disease like ebola where your organs liquify and you die slowly as it all turns to mush?
I had what doctors thought was tb of the stomach when I was younger. that was quite bad
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Looknsee Photography
Posts: 26342
Portland, Oregon, US
From family experience: Alzheimers.
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
Locked-In Syndrome.
Imagine being completely and totally paralyzed. No ability to move your body under your own power what so ever. Now, imagine still being able to feel everything, hear everything, see everything, and be completely aware of the world.
Goodnight.
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Tim Little Photography
Posts: 11771
Wilmington, Delaware, US
This thread got me to start a thread on Dr. assisted suicide. I would rather be put down than suffer these things. I've gone though some bad medical stuff but these things scare the hell out of me. Would you want the doctor to take you out? https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=889842
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Laura UnBound
Posts: 28745
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sorinphyre wrote:
Locked-In Syndrome.
Imagine being completely and totally paralyzed. No ability to move your body under your own power what so ever. Now, imagine still being able to feel everything, hear everything, see everything, and be completely aware of the world.
Goodnight. My mother was aware for one of her numerous surgeries, but paralyzed and unable to communicate that she was awake. She was also able to feel to some degree.
The possibility of that terrifies me, even though i know its super super rare. I have to get knocked out for my wisdom teeth removal and im really not looking forward to it.
I cant imagine living my entire life like that. Id be livid at anyone who kept me on life support for that.
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
Laura UnBound wrote:
My mother was aware for one of her numerous surgeries, but paralyzed and unable to communicate that she was awake. She was also able to feel to some degree.
The possibility of that terrifies me, even though i know its super super rare. I have to get knocked out for my wisdom teeth removal and im really not looking forward to it.
I cant imagine living my entire life like that. Id be livid at anyone who kept me on life support for that. There's actually a plant-based poison that temporarily causes Locked-In Syndrome. Curare'.
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misszara
Posts: 6715
Seoul, Seoul, Korea (South)
Sorinphyre wrote:
Locked-In Syndrome.
Imagine being completely and totally paralyzed. No ability to move your body under your own power what so ever. Now, imagine still being able to feel everything, hear everything, see everything, and be completely aware of the world.
Goodnight. Agreed, that one is awful. Studied that last week.
Also strokes are very scary, especially because there's often no warning. 
Awful
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-Nicole-
Posts: 19211
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Sorinphyre wrote:
Locked-In Syndrome.
Imagine being completely and totally paralyzed. No ability to move your body under your own power what so ever. Now, imagine still being able to feel everything, hear everything, see everything, and be completely aware of the world.
Goodnight. That happens during surgeries, right?
That's a huge fear of mine.
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John Photography
Posts: 13811
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
misszara wrote:
Agreed, that one is awful. Studied that last week.
Also strokes are very scary, especially because there's often no warning.
Awful Had one in 1998.... Was bad
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The Original Sin
Posts: 13899
Louisville, Kentucky, US
I'm terrified of having a stroke that traps my functional mind inside a non-functional body. My best friend has orders to give intensive rehab 2 years (and try any quack treatment they can think of) at the most, and then slip me some insulin or nightshade or something.
It is my worst nightmare. I worked with my mother through her stroke (and she recovered perfectly) and I'm watching my FIL deal with it right now... and he's just deteriorating physically so badly, and it sucks to watch his so-very-alive mind raging behind his eyes when he can't make his body respond.
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
The Original Sin wrote:
I'm terrified of having a stroke that traps my functional mind inside a non-functional body. My best friend has orders to give intensive rehab 2 years (and try any quack treatment they can think of) at the most, and then slip me some insulin or nightshade or something.
It is my worst nightmare. I worked with my mother through her stroke (and she recovered perfectly) and I'm watching my FIL deal with it right now... and he's just deteriorating physically so badly, and it sucks to watch his so-very-alive mind raging behind his eyes when he can't make his body respond. I've worked with patients like that. It's heart breaking and gut wrenching. However, you might be able to derive some small comfort from the fact that we're making astounding progress in treatment for patients like that. Everything from systems set up to communicate from within a damaged body to (no shit) cybernetics. It will take time to see truly significant advances get fielded and implemented, but I promise you they are coming.
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Sabine Luise
Posts: 890
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Cancer or any STD that is not curable and has outbreaks no thanks
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John Photography
Posts: 13811
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
The Original Sin wrote:
I'm terrified of having a stroke that traps my functional mind inside a non-functional body. My best friend has orders to give intensive rehab 2 years (and try any quack treatment they can think of) at the most, and then slip me some insulin or nightshade or something.
It is my worst nightmare. I worked with my mother through her stroke (and she recovered perfectly) and I'm watching my FIL deal with it right now... and he's just deteriorating physically so badly, and it sucks to watch his so-very-alive mind raging behind his eyes when he can't make his body respond. The day I had mine Nov. 28. 1998 was the ![https://assets.modelmayhem.com/images/smilies/scary.png]() day I will never forget.
Day started normal. Went out got the mail, came back into the house. Used computer. Then heard knock at the door and it was my mum. I am not sure how much time had passed but I remember hopping up and then falling back on the bed, and doing this several times. I managed to hop on one foot to the front door open it, and then just keeled over onto the floor. The next thing I remember is being on my back with ambulance people all around me and they were asking me questions and stuff.
I could understand them and all but by this time couldn't talk and all I could hear were grunting sounds out of my mouth while in my head I was thinking "hey why can't they understand me I'm talking?"
I could not move any of my left side but by the time I was in hospital and having a needle to remove fluid from my spine for relief the paralysis had moved to the right side. The first full day in hospital I could talk but the limbs were not working properly and I was just lying there in bed with all sorts of wires and tubes attached to me.
Lucky for me this was a partial stroke or CVA (Cardiovascular Accident) and I recovered after a couple more days to the point where I could sit up and all.
As a result of this I have slight weakness in m arms, mostly on the left side and a very slight limp.
Don't think I would want to go through all that or any of the other huge things that have happened to me again. I've had two major medical dramas in my life so far and luckily I am for the most part OK and all. But I think my stroke was the scariest of things I have had happen to me.
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
CVA means "Cerebrovascular Accident." The word "Cardio" refers to the heart.
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John Photography
Posts: 13811
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sorinphyre wrote:
CVA means "Cerebrovascular Accident." The word "Cardio" refers to the heart. Thankyou my bad. Well it was in the brain. X Ray I had showed a long dark scar in the right cerebellum
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
If you haven't read it, you should pick up the book "My Stroke of Insight." It's written by a Neuroanatomist who had a stroke and, because she's a brain doctor, she was able to identify the exact region in her brain where the stroke was occurring by what intellectual functions were being effected. She was alone at the time, and by bypassing and rerouting her own thought processes, was able to gain control of her own brain long enough to call for help. It's absolutely fascinating.
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John Photography
Posts: 13811
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sorinphyre wrote:
If you haven't read it, you should pick up the book "My Stroke of Insight." It's written by a Neuroanatomist who had a stroke and, because she's a brain doctor, she was able to identify the exact region in her brain where the stroke was occurring by what intellectual functions were being effected. She was alone at the time, and by bypassing and rerouting her own thought processes, was able to gain control of her own brain long enough to call for help. It's absolutely fascinating. That sounds totally fascinating I will look that up
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
Another one that's kinda ![https://assets.modelmayhem.com/images/smilies/scary.png]() is Rhabdomyolysis. It's a toxic syndrome caused by massive trauma to muscle tissue, usually from significant injury. It's not usually fatal (20% mortality rate up to about 60% with renal failure) and can be treated, but you can actually get it just from exercising too much and taking muscle building supplements. I've seen professional athletes and special forces operatives push themselves too hard, and then they wind up in my ICU.
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Loli Scotch
Posts: 78
Dallas, Texas, US
Alzheimer's is a personal fear of mine, though things that can take you suddenly and quickly once symptoms show up scare the heeby-jeebies out of me. Like, rabies. Man. Takes a couple of months to show up, but on the off chance that you had no idea you were infected, once those symptoms begin popping up your survival rate drops to nearly 0. That shit's ![https://assets.modelmayhem.com/images/smilies/scary.png]() . Also, prions (CJD
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Michael DBA Expressions
Posts: 3730
Lynchburg, Virginia, US
Ebola is certainly scary, but I vote for terminal stupidity.
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Sorinphyre
Posts: 1998
Wasilla, Alaska, US
Exserohilum rostratum. It's a species of fungus that had apparently somehow found it's way into a sterile vial of steroids for injection, and wound up eating the victims' brains.
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is Rhabdomyolysis. It's a toxic syndrome caused by massive trauma to muscle tissue, usually from significant injury. It's not usually fatal (20% mortality rate up to about 60% with renal failure) and can be treated, but you can actually get it just from exercising too much and taking muscle building supplements. I've seen professional athletes and special forces operatives push themselves too hard, and then they wind up in my ICU.
