weird pointless diseases that you might have

Not to turn this into a psycho hypochondriac thread, but sometimes when I use a stimulant like caffeine or nicotine my hands will go cold which make me think my artteries must be super clogged and that a heart attack and death is imminent.

My mom thought she had Raynaud's for a while, not sure what the final verdict was on that. We're both sorta nuts about this stuff.

"my chiropractor"

Not to dis BL, but look, these people are professional quacks. When I was young, one tried to put me on a special diet that excluded peanuts, FOR NO REASON.

The worst thing that I had as a 6-year-old kid was itchy butt from poor wiping technique.

where was ILE when you needed it

but sometimes when I use a stimulant like caffeine or nicotine my hands will go cold

caffeine and nicotine will both constrict your blood vessels, you probably have poor circulation. watch out if you ever develop diabetes.

aids 7^8

I don't think that ILE stoops to the level of wiping technique discussions...yet. Not that I'm TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH WIPING NOW THAT I AM 40 NO NOT AT ALL.

I am prediabetic as it is, and all my (older) family members on my mom's side have it. Fuck. I need to learn more about fucking diabetes. I exercise but cannot seem to give up sugar, at all.

xp

why were you seeing a chiropractor at 6?! i was really shocked that it was covered by my health insurance but the guy is kinda creepy despite having 15 diplomas on his wall

which way do you wipe?

My mum took me to her chiro for god knows what reason.

My mum has also turned into the flakiest hippie ever that never has done pot or LSD.

my dad saw a chiropractor but became very disenchanted with it. i think i will stop soon. and maybe switch to acupressure or necromancy or healing crystal vibrations.

My wife swears by acupuncture and massages.

My problem went away after I had acupuncture. I don't know if it worked or not.

-- my wife

I have anosmia, congenital lack of a sense of smell. Used to have geographic tongue a lot as a kid. IBS. A retroverted uterus. I am a closet of benign curiosities.

Perhaps ILX might deign to devote a whole thread to thine curiosities, Ms. Abbottes?

geographic tongue is neat sounding

The doctor at first said "graphic tongue," which just sounds like a congenital cussing issue.

libcrypt, I have no idea what could be said in that thread, but if you want, go for it.

well. it sounds a lot better than "poor wiping technique" at least!

I am prediabetic as it is, and all my (older) family members on my mom's side have it. Fuck. I need to learn more about fucking diabetes. I exercise but cannot seem to give up sugar, at all.

same, relatives on my mother's side have digits and limbs amputated because they couldn't control it. it's one of the reasons i've scaled back the drinking.

The symptoms include several cyclic color changes:

When exposed to cold temperatures, the blood supply to the fingertips, toes, nose, and earlobes of Raynaud's disease patients is reduced and the skin turns pale or white (called pallor) and becomes cold and numb.

When the oxygen supply is depleted, the skin colour turns blue (called cyanosis).

These events are episodic and when the episode subsides, or the area is warmed, blood returns to the area and the skin colour turns red (rubor) and then back to normal, often accompanied by swelling and tingling. These symptoms are thought to be due to reactive hyperemias of the areas deprived of blood flow.

so basically what this is saying is a) if your extremities get cold, they get cold and numb, b) if you cut off blood flow to an extremity, it turns blue, c) when you warm it back up it turns red and tingles.

doesn't everybody have this? unless maybe they turn shocking red and deep blue.

I have somewhat warped leg bones so I am quite knock kneed and pigeon toed. Its not like I can't walk or anything, but I can do this neat trick where I can turn my right leg completely 180deg facing the other way. Great at parties to freak out the guy on acid.

OH MY GOD MY LEGS BROKEN ARGH. Hilarity ensues.

I had an ırrıtable hıp once.

i had osgood schlatter's disease when i was a teenager. it was so pointless that i'm kinda shocked wikipedia confirms it as a thing.

shatner's bassoon

bell_labsia: a condition which causes one to perceive all people places and things as being "creepy"

my mom visited a chiropractor. as a result her back is fucked beyond belief. :-(

De Quervain's Disease -> After reading about it on Ravelry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeQuervain's_syndrome

Or maybe http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1979.html

Warternbergs Syndrome. I prefer the other one. Sounds cooler.

doesn't everybody have this?

yes, pretty much!

a couple of years ago my wife developed an allergy to cold - if part of her body got too cold it would break out in a red rash. it was tough to diagnose, because the circumstances under which she'd get the rash were so varied. she'd go in the pool and get a rash where the water touched her. when she was in the car, she'd get a rash on her foot (air conditioner blower was next to the accelerator pedal). luckily a perceptive doctor figured it out, it was baffling + disconcerting for months. then it went away completely.

my own pointless diseases are all psychological in nature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasovagal_syncope

^

Edward 3: my fingers sometimes swell up and turn red in brutal cold

i did get frostbite a lot as a kid but i always thought it was just because i lived in maine and was outside a lot in the winter...all along i was self-medicating my condition with gloves and socks and stuff

I fell through the ice as a kid. That sucked, but I only got wet up to my chest.

i think sundar said he has this?

pretty much all girls i know are cold all the time and have bad circulation.

Have you thought about getting out more?

pretty much all girls i know are cold all the time

so true.

except for the fat ones

the toe next to my Big Toe is longer than my Big Toe

my pointer toe is really long too. but it's also how feet look in most greek statue so it's not that freakish.

someone once told me i had a "roman head."

the toe next to my Big Toe is longer than my Big Toe

me tooooo

someone once told me i had a "roman head."

-- ian, Friday, April 4, 2008 10:39 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

^ is this something to do with a Caesarian section?

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/37/71/23127137.jpg
^what my toes look like (that actually might by roman)

"my mom had a Caesarian section, because she liked the hairstyle."

roman head = bad gaul bladder

I think your toes are kind of supposed to be like that? After all, shoes (well, except for the fad for the "oblique" toe a few years back) are usually made with the point or longest line in the CENTER, not on the inside by the big toe.

anyway, I've heard of a roman nose but never a roman head

xpost some particularly dark and unsettling chapters in that one, i'm betting

actually, it's quite a fun read. highly recommended.

i had osgood schlatter's disease when i was a teenager

ditto

wikipedia roman nose lulz

People with hooknoses

Ashlee Simpson (before surgery)
Paris Hilton (after surgery)

there is a statue at the met that is called [french word for woman who is always cold], but i forget the word

from rats, lice and history

Infectious disease is merely a disagreeable instance of a widely prevalent tendency of all living creatures to save themselves the bother of building, by their own efforts, the things they require. Whenever they find it possible to take advantage of the constructive labors of others, this is the path of least resistance. The plant does the work with its roots and its green leaves. The cow eats the plant. Man eats both of them; and bacteria (or investment bankers) eat the man.

wow that is some bullshit

there is a statue at the met that is called [french word for woman who is always cold], but i forget the word

-- mookieproof, Friday, April 4, 2008 2:57 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

la frileuse!

I was thinking something more like "neigeux," but that's probably just me trying to turn "frigid" into French. Anyway, yes, that's the one!

The first thing I thought of, though, was the delicate and porcelain Ms. Rrose Selavy. ;)

i had osgood schlatter's disease when i was a teenager

Same here. I was pissed that I had to wear a brace and couldn't skateboard for a while. Now I just have larger-than-normal bumps below my kneecaps.

I remember hearing about a band named Osgood Slaughter at some point in time.

I was in a band called prader willie

I guess that's a genetic disorder tho

roman head would be a good band name

Diverticulosis. I don't understand it at all, I eat quite a lot of fiber and not a lot of fat, but this happened anyway.

Reiter's Syndrome!

Not especially weird, but psoriasis gets high points for being pointless.

writer's syndrome

had that shit for way too long pal

low metal

that can be the name of roman head's first album

http://unrelatedcontent.com/things/aspergers.jpg

IT aspies

ok talking about or referring to autism spectrum disorders is officially fucking done

it is now more boring than the presidential race

on topic: congenital racket nails

and morton's toe

which some of you were talking about earlier but didn't know what to call it

ahhhhhh i have morton's toe ;_;

so much worse know that i know it has a name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton's_toe
yessssss i love have a prehuman grasping toe!

+ diffuse nevus in my right iris

In shoe-wearing cultures it can be problematic:

SHOE WEARING CULTURES EAT A DICK

i get Plantar fasciitis sometimes

i think i am going to use this toe thing to justify never wearing high heels again

i have one pointy ear

though i don't think that really qualifies as a disease

or pointless

it only counts as a disease if you can find a wikipedia article about it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock

i can do something really weird with my tongue

...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird

hahaha I can do that too.

i can do something really weird with my tongue

-- bell_labs, Friday, April 4, 2008 3:46 PM (Friday, April 4, 2008 3:46 PM) Bookmark Link

that's what the bathroom walls say...

sorry, too easy.

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