Infectious
Symptoms: fever, loss of appetite, headache, malaise (tiredness), rash (pink and red bumps)
Prevention: Varicella Vaccination
Treatment: Antihistamine to relieve itching
Chicken Pox
Symptoms: Bruising, Bleeding gums, weakness, fatigue
Prevention: Adequate vitamin C intake
Treatment: supplements, eating vegetables,
Scurvy
Symptoms: delay in thinking, anxiety, seizures, long face and large ears, learning disabilities
Treatment: Behavior therapy, sedatives, antipsychotics, cognition-enhancing medication
Fragile X syndrome
Symptoms: depression, paranoia, distorted perceptions, inappropriate emotions,
Treatment: antipsychotic drugs, therapy, hospitalization
Schizophrenia
Symptoms: coughing up blood, persistent cough, frequent chest infections, lack of energy, loss of appetite
Prevention: stay away from smoking/tobacco, have a balanced diet, regular exercise
Treatment: surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy
Lung Cancer
Symptoms: fever, aching muscles, chills and sweats, headache, dry cough, shortness of breath, tiredness, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, eye pain, vomiting and diarrhea
Prevention: Annual Vaccination
Treatment: Fluids, rest, antiviral drugs
Influenza
Symptoms: fatigue, lightheadedness, dizziness
Prevention: adequate consumption of iron
treatment: Iron and other supplements, medication, blood transfusion
Anemia
Symptoms: Infections, pain, fatigue, delayed development, inflamed fingers or toes
Treatment: Narcotics, Chemotherapy, vitamins, Blood transfusion, patient-controlled analgesia
sickle cell anemia
Symptoms: behavior changes, mood swings, nightmares, thinking differently, flashbacks,
Treatment: therapy, anti-anxiety medication
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Symptoms: painful lesions on the skin, a mole that changes
Prevention: Wearing sunscreen and protective clothing, avoid tanning beds
Treatment: Freezing, excisional surgery, mohs surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, biological therapy
Skin Cancer (Melanoma)
Symptoms: fever, fatigue, chest pain, unintentional weight loss, night sweats, chills, loss of appetite, coughing fits
Prevention: Bacillus Calmette Vaccination
Treatment: antibiotics
Tuberculosis
Symptoms: delayed growth, bow legs, pain, skeletal deformities
Prevention: adequate consumption of vitamin D and calcium
Treatment: Vitamin D or calcium supplements, surgery
Rickets
Symptoms: difficulty speaking, memory loss, problems with coordination, muscle loss and spasms
Treatment: physical therapy, speech therapy, councelling
Huntington's disease
Symptoms: feeling worthless, lack of energy, fatigue, suicidal thoughts, sleeping too much, poor performance at work/school, recreational drug use, self harm
Treatment: Antidepressants, psychotherapy, hospital and residential treatment, brain stimulation therapies
Major Depressive Disorder
Symptoms: fever, persistent fatigue, severe infections, unintentional weight loss, easy bleeding, excessive sweating, bone pain
Treatment: Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow transplant, immunotherapy, clinical trials
Leukemia
Symptoms: fever, chills, discomfort, headache, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, muscle or joint pain, fatigue
Prevention: Preventative medicine, protecting oneself from insects
Treatment: antimalarial drugs
Malaria
Symptoms: muscle weakness, muscle loss
Prevention: Adequate consumption of thiamine (B1)
Treatment: B1 supplements and food with B1
beriberi
symptoms: excessive or unexplained bleeding, large bruises, internal bleeding
Treatment: injections of clotting factor or plasma, blood transfusion.
Hemophilia
symptoms: severe mood swings, periods of depressive moods and ecstatic moods
treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy, antipsychotics
Bipolar disorder
Symptoms: Swollen Gland, cough, shortness of breath, fever, night sweats, fatigue, weight loss, itching
Treatment: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplant, surgery, targeted therapy drugs, immunotherapy
Lymphoma
Symptoms: sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe headache (seems different than normal), confusion, seizures, sleepiness, sensitivity to light, no appetite or thirst, skin rash
Prevention: practicing good hygiene, covering mouth, vaccines
Treatment: intravenous antibiotics, bed rest, fluids, pain medications, antifungal medications
Meningitis
Symptoms: inflamed skin, diarrhea, dementia, sore in the mouth
Prevention: adequate consumption of niacin (B3)
treatment: nicotinamide
Pellagra
Symptoms: fatigue, weakness, failure to thrive, anemia
Treatment: Blood transfusion, iron reducers, vitamins
Thalassemia
Symptoms: confusion, mental decline, memory loss, hallucinations, irritability
Treatment: occupational and rehabilitative therapy, cognition-enhancing medication
Dementia
Symptoms: unintentional weight loss, nausea, vomiting, yellow discoloration of skin, white chalky stools
Prevention: changing lifestyle and eating habits, avoiding thing known to cancer
Treatment: Surgery, radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy
Liver Cancer