Urinary Tract Infections, an infection caused by bacteria entering the bladder through the urethra, includes many symptoms. Symptoms include, misty or bloody urine, pain when peeing, and...
What is urge to pee often?
or
What is pain in lower abdomen?
This membrane that separates the brain from your blood as a defensive measure to protect your brain from certain chemical compounds.
What is Blood-brain barrier?
This parasite likes to hang around in your gut and eats whatever you eat. It also happened to be proposed as a weight loss solution.
What is the tapeworm?
This common wingless Arthropod makes it's home atop out scalp feeding off out blood. However, these little guys are simply harmless, the worst case scenario is a very itchy head...
What are head lice?
This scientist discovered the heritable neurological disease that causes your brain to slowly degrade around the age of 40.
Who is George Huntington?
Kidney stones are a surprisingly common condition where small stones are passed through the ureter and out the urethra. The stones are a product of...
What is excess minerals entering the kidney?
Cholera, a deadly disease caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, disrupts the membrane's ability to manage the body's homeostasis of water and salts. This can lead to severe dehydration and potentially death. However, this scientist (who shares a name with a character from Game of Thrones) used a case study of a cholera epidemic to found epidemiology.
Who is John Snow?
The screwworm, an... interesting... fly of sorts, is still considered a parasite despite it clearly living independent of any host animal. However it is considered a parasite because...
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What is parasitic larva?
People who are born with this heritable anomaly of the hands or feet cause children to be born with extra fingers or toes. Although unusual, this abnormality is completely harmless and the extra digits are easily removed through surgery...
What is Polydactyl?
This diverse genetic disease named after the word for "tumor" in Greek is responsible for up to 600,000 deaths in America annually shares a name with this constellation.
What is Cancer?
This disease, capable of being transmitted through urine, had a massive in Africa in the recent decade, claiming the lives of many. This highly infectious disease is called...
what is Ebola?
This genetic disease caused by a mutation in a transmembrane protein causes an overproduction of mucus in narrow passages such as the lungs. Interestingly, the effects of this disease can be counteracted by a toxin produced by another pathogen, Vibrio cholerae.
What is cystic fibrosis?
This diverse collection of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists provide us protection from external pathogens.
What is the (skin) microbiome
Congenital analgesia, a condition causing the brain to stop feeling pain is commonly attributed to a consistent overproduction of this chemical. This condition can be dangerous should it conceal a serious injury, making you quite literally think "tis but a scratch."
What are endorphins?
This neurodegenerative disease attacking neurons and causing the body to lose voluntary control of itself is named this famous baseball player who was afflicted with this disease.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
or
What is Lou Gehrig's Disease?
This group of liver disorders cause a build up of this pigmented organic compound, resulting in discolored pee... (answer both the name of the disease and organic compound)
What is porphyria?
What are porphyrins?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a virus which can lead to the deadly disease Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, infects the immune system. More specifically it infects this white blood cell expressing this membrane protein. (both the name of the white blood cell and membrane protein)
what is Helper T cell?
what is CD4?
This prion infecting our brain that causes tremors and loss of coordination is named after these symptoms in the language of the native people of Papa New Guinea...
What is Kuru?
or
What is Kuru disease?
This fascinating abnormality throughout the entire body can go completely unnoticed throughout a person's life. With absolutely no external symptoms, the autopsy is "like looking in a mirror."
What is Situs Inversus
A disease causing a unique bullseye-shaped rash and transported by a blood sucking insect is named after this city that it was discovered in.
What is Lyme, Connecticut?
This syndrome causes a urinary bladder voiding dysfunction, named after the strange faces patients form.
What is urofacial syndrome?
This disease of unknown origin is characterized by the loss of the insulating membrane, myelin sheath, around the the axon of neurons. This condition causes double vision, partial blindness, weakness, and poor coordination.
What is multiple sclerosis?
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What is MS?
This often self-diagnosed syndrome makes you feel as though there are creatures crawling in your skin. A very controversial syndrome, often thought to be psychological, is thought to be caused by fibers growing within the patient's skin.
What is Morgellons disease?
What is delusional parasitosis?
The diagnosis of this psychological syndrome is the definition of process of elimination, with no definite test to confirm if someone is afflicted with this condition. However, the give away is usually recurrent hospitalization.
What is Munchausen syndrome?
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What is Fictitious Disorder Imposed on Self?
This is a picture of the inside of a stomach afflicted by this condition named after this food item. The cause is unknown, but symptoms include bloody vomit and stool.
What is Watermelon Stomach?