What is C.O.P.D.???Some type of illness ?
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You can visit the following web site that explains everything about C.O.P.D.  It is a seriouse lung disease.\n\nhttp://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35020\n\nMy uncle has this disease and had one lung removed because of it and has to sleep with a breathing machine every night.\n\nGood Luck :-)
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I have OCD, but a different kind.  i once felt like exploring the different kinds of OCD, and found out some pretty interesting stuff.  Here's what i found:\n\nObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.\nThe typical OCD sufferer performs tasks (or compulsions) to seek relief from obsessions. To others, these tasks may appear odd and unnecessary. But for the sufferer, such tasks can feel critically important, and must be performed in particular ways to ward off dire consequences and to stop the stress from building up. Examples of these tasks: repeatedly checking that one's parked car has been locked before leaving it; turning lights on and off a set number of times before exiting a room; repeatedly washing hands at regular intervals throughout the day.\nAnother symptom of the disorder is fear of contamination; some sufferers may fear the presence of human body secretion such as saliva, sweat, tears or mucus, or excretions such as urine or feces. Some OCD sufferers even fear the soap they're using is contaminated.\nObsessions are thoughts and ideas that the sufferer cannot stop thinking about. Common OCD obsessions include fears of acquiring disease, getting hurt, or causing harm to someone. Obsessions are typically automatic, frequent, distressing, and difficult to control or put an end to by themselves. People with OCD who obsess about hurting themselves or others are actually less likely to do so than the average person.\nCompulsions refer to actions that the person performs, usually repeatedly, in an attempt to make the obsession go away. For an OCD sufferer who obsesses about germs or contamination, for example, these compulsions often involve repeated cleansing or meticulous avoidance of trash and mess. Most of the time the actions become so regular that it is not a noticeable problem. Common compulsions include excessive washing and cleaning; checking; hoarding; repetitive actions such as touching, counting, arranging and ordering; and other ritualistic behaviors that the person feels will lessen the chances of provoking an obsession. Compulsions can be observable — washing, for instance — but they can also be mental rituals such as repeating words or phrases, or counting.\nMost OCD sufferers are aware that such thoughts and behavior are not rational, but feel bound to comply with them to fend off fears of panic or dread. Because sufferers are consciously aware of this irrationality but feel helpless to push it away, untreated OCD is often regarded as one of the most vexing and frustrating of the major anxiety disorders.\nPeople who suffer from the separate and unrelated condition obsessive compulsive personality disorder are not aware of anything abnormal with them; they will readily explain why their actions are rational, and it is usually impossible to convince them otherwise. People who suffer with OCPD tend to derive pleasure from their obsessions or compulsions. Those with OCD do not derive pleasure but are ridden with anxiety. This is a significant difference between these disorders.\n\nEqually frequent, these rationalizations do not apply to the overall behavior, but to each instance individually; for example, a person compulsively checking their front door may argue that the time taken and stress caused by one more check of the front door is considerably less than the time and stress associated with being robbed, and thus the check is the better option. In practice, after that check, the individual is still not sure, and it is still better in terms of time and stress to do one more check, and this reasoning can continue as long as necessary.\n\nNot all OCD sufferers engage in compulsive behavior. Recent
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Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder.\n\nLike ME!
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You need to drink a lot of milk, eat cheese any kind of cheese, yogurt, chocolate milk if you don't love milk, ice cream take calcium everything who contains calcium and buy a book with receipt for woman and man who have osteopathic.  you gonna find some receipt for your sickness. Eat some peanut's , cashew, etc but the best take everything who you can do with some milk like lasagna crated, onion soup crated and many more with cheese...P.S Sorry for my bad english but i do my best i'm french and take care of your health
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What type of sick question is this?
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Psychiatric disease characterised by:\n\nObsessions. Persistent distressing thoughts or images that annoy the patient and which he tries to suppress. Note that these are recognised as his own thoughts and do not disrupt his sense of reality. These can cause great emotional burden.\n\nCompulsion. The desire to perform odd rituals that are excessive and hamper everyday life. For example, checking the stove 9 times, or washing your hands 11 times. Failure to perform these creates anxiety.\n\n\nModern anti-depressants (SSRI class) can be useful against OCD when given in high doses. Cognitive therapy is also quite effective for mild-to-moderate cases. Cognitive therapy is a form of psychotherapy with usually short duration and a goal-oriented approach to the patient's problems. Do not confuse with psychoanalysis. \n\nThe exact cause is unknown, but the disease is generally grouped with the "anxiety" disorders.
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He's been wathcing to much "monk".\n\nVerminophobia - fear of germs\n\nOCD - Obessive compulsive disorder\n\nhypochondria - fear of illness \nBeing worried about your health all the time can be incredibly tiring.\n\nAnd when the fear and anxiety about possible symptoms and diseases gets out of hand, hypochondria is the diagnosis. \n\nMany people who worry excessively about their health spend a lot of time looking up books and searching the internet for information on symptoms in an effort to reassure themselves.\n\nBut this rarely works.\n\nMost symptoms can be interpreted in a huge variety of ways, from the mundane to the life threatening.\n\nHypochondria sufferers usually assume the worst, with the resulting feelings of anxiety and even panic.\n\nDoes this sound about right?
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Heart disease, cancer, Arthritis, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Diabetes, Sickle cell anemia, lupus\n\nBasically anything that orginates in your body, not from bacteria and viruses.
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If it concerns you maybe you can check with your local health department. Just call them and tell them about the situation and maybe they can help you.
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Mis diagnosis of infections...such as spheniod sinus infection.  They say this is one that isn't usually diagnosed except by death. I can tell you that infection over a long period of time will make you sick, then sicker until you can barely move...That was my expirience!  Remember doctors practice medicine...not healing!  They can make one symptom go away but give you a 100 more!  Teeth are very close to your brain so any infection can be very serious!  To bad so many doctors are just plain retarded when you don't have insurance!
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C-Dif, actually. Short for Clostridium difficile.\n\nIt's a bacterial infection that you can contract after being on antibiotics for prolonged use. The bacteria is opportunistic, and when the antibiotics have killed the good bacteria as well as bad bacteria, C-Dif can take over.\n\nIt causes chronic, nasty diarrhea. The treatment is... ironically... more antibiotics.\n\nI used to care for patients with C-dif.
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I used to have it a lot.  I washed my hands ALL the time and took like 3 or 4 baths a day.  Couldn't eat anything that I didn't feel was clean enough, ended up crying all the time because I thought I was going to die of some weird sickness...had it for a long time but never took any medication for it.  Eventually it went away on its own.
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i think human diseases r interesting. besides that, how bout healing properties of some tradisional herbs/plants? i'm currently working on pathogenic bacteria. maybe u can try to look into pathogens too? since pathogen like SARS, avian influenza and HIV are emerging problems for mankind... most importantly, which area r u interested?
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Tay Sachs Disease?\nI think thats it...
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of motor problems and physical disorders related to a brain injury. CP causes uncontrolled reflex movements and muscle tightness (spasticity) that may affect a part, a side, or the entire body, with varying severity. Several conditions, such as mental retardation, seizures, or vision and hearing problems, are often also associated with cerebral palsy. \n\nThis link has a lot more detail... http://www.webmd.com/hw/raising_a_family/aa56612.asp
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Registered Nurse Here; Well sir, in 24 years working as a nurse, I have seen lots and lots of things.  I strongly believe this woman has a mental illness.  It's apparent she has a strong ad-version to death, it is also very apparent she has a significant mental disorder, evident by the spitting and sucking of fingers.  There is a name for this, but dang it, I cannot think of it. Okay I'm not a Doctor therefore I cannot diagnosis, however I believe this falls under the category of personality disorder, such as when one cuts themselves, or cause some other harmful act to there body, and what you have described is harmful to the body, plus maladaptive coping mechanisms.  Thanks for the opportunity to address such a interesting question.
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sorry to hear that your friend has got it. i found this site which is a story about a woman who has it. its probably worth reading becasue it kinda gives u insight to what someone with hep c thinks of ect