Comments on: hypochondria http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/ It's personal. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:07:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: GG http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/comment-page-1/#comment-176 GG Wed, 14 May 2008 00:24:41 +0000 http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/?p=56#comment-176 On the other hand, a friend of mine's daughter stepped on a nail while helping to clean up after one of Arkansas' many recent tornados and contacted tetanus. It does happen. Her symptoms include but are by no means limited to lockjaw. Turns out that tetanus comes from a Greek root that means "to stretch" which is what the body does, arching backward when the back muscles spasm. Anne, you'll love the illustration on Wikkipedia. Anyway, dear young ones, please make sure your tetanus boosters are up to date. My friend's daughter is recovering, but it's been an ordeal. On the other hand, a friend of mine’s daughter stepped on a nail while helping to clean up after one of Arkansas’ many recent tornados and contacted tetanus. It does happen. Her symptoms include but are by no means limited to lockjaw. Turns out that tetanus comes from a Greek root that means “to stretch” which is what the body does, arching backward when the back muscles spasm. Anne, you’ll love the illustration on Wikkipedia. Anyway, dear young ones, please make sure your tetanus boosters are up to date. My friend’s daughter is recovering, but it’s been an ordeal.

]]> By: a. brown http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/comment-page-1/#comment-175 a. brown Tue, 13 May 2008 21:48:49 +0000 http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/?p=56#comment-175 I had a weird rash once, which was poison ivy, then scarlet fever, then a fungus, then a yeast infection, then syphilus, but just turned out to be a common respiratory virus, Pityriasis Rosea. I had a weird rash once, which was poison ivy, then scarlet fever, then a fungus, then a yeast infection, then syphilus, but just turned out to be a common respiratory virus, Pityriasis Rosea.

]]> By: Whitney Tevebaugh http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Whitney Tevebaugh Mon, 12 May 2008 03:48:13 +0000 http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/?p=56#comment-174 wow. whiskey really does cure what ails you, then. good to know. the worst thing you can do as a hypochondriac is to consult WebMD. which will tell you, if you have minor skin irritation that you have syphilis, Lyme disease, or both. wow. whiskey really does cure what ails you, then. good to know.

the worst thing you can do as a hypochondriac is to consult WebMD. which will tell you, if you have minor skin irritation that you have syphilis, Lyme disease, or both.

]]> By: Alanna http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Alanna Sun, 11 May 2008 19:47:52 +0000 http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/?p=56#comment-173 I understand, dude. I got bitten by a stray cat, and ended up calling some lady I hardly know to drive me to the walk-in clinic ten minutes before they closed because I was convinced I had meningitis. Not rabies, not an infection, not cat scratch fever...meningitis. The doctor also wanted to know why, if I was so certain I would get some horrible disease and die from stray cat contact, that was the only reason I ever went to the doctor. And I'm almost constantly certain I have some parasite or another, and also that I'm pregnant. Which is kind of the same thing, if you think about it (I am so offensive). In some alternate universe, we'd probably be twins or something. I understand, dude. I got bitten by a stray cat, and ended up calling some lady I hardly know to drive me to the walk-in clinic ten minutes before they closed because I was convinced I had meningitis. Not rabies, not an infection, not cat scratch fever…meningitis. The doctor also wanted to know why, if I was so certain I would get some horrible disease and die from stray cat contact, that was the only reason I ever went to the doctor.

And I’m almost constantly certain I have some parasite or another, and also that I’m pregnant. Which is kind of the same thing, if you think about it (I am so offensive).

In some alternate universe, we’d probably be twins or something.

]]> By: Mark http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/2008/05/11/hypochondria/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Mark Sun, 11 May 2008 18:36:56 +0000 http://www.worstkeptsecrets.net/?p=56#comment-172 I think that swishing whiskey around in your mouth works even when you don't have a canker sore. Seriously! Try it! I think that swishing whiskey around in your mouth works even when you don’t have a canker sore. Seriously! Try it!

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