Disease ideas needed for story?

Question

I need some ideas for a disease a character could have in a story. He's a male in his mid-30's in generally good health who is tall and on the slim side. He has a demanding job and is a work-a-holic and is sleep deprived, so he drinks lots of caffeinated beverages. I'm thinking it could be something that is caused or aggravated by this and stress. It could start to manifest itself slowly, and he would ignore the initial symptoms and continue working, but would have to cause a severe enough problem that he'd have to be hospitalized.

Answer 1

MS, stress it a trigger, or at least thought to be, and the it can be something small at first like say tingling in the legs. It dosnt' really bother him, it donsnt hurt and it dosnt interfere with working but then it could get worse or have an all toghter diffrent attack, he wakes up and has double vison and when he stands he falls, his balance is off and suddenly he relizes he should go see a doctor.

Answer 2

Both my friend and her daughter have a rare disease that is caused by a gene deformity. Their disease has a slow onset, affecting numerous body systems, some symptoms being initially mild in the early stages. The disease is called Wilson's Disease. The nature of it is that the body is unable to use Copper and it builds up in the system. Numerous systems begin to break down, eventually with brain deterioration the person can loose both mind and body function. Now, 10 yrs after first noticing problems with balance, weakness and spasms of the limbs, she is barely able to walk. The disease is now affecting the ability to speak distinctly, and to do anything quickly. Her thought process is slowing considerably as this disease attacks the brain. Many are its symptoms, it is a terminal disease. The stronger the stress the person is experiencing, the more intensely the symptoms take hold. Untreated it is fatal.

Google Wilson's Disease

Answer 3

Pemphigus

Pemphigus is a rare autoimmune blistering disorder of the skin. The immune system produces protective antibodies that circulate through our blood and protect us from attack by hostile viruses and bacteria. In pemphigus however, the antibodies mistakenly consider normal tissues as foreign and attack them. This produces painful raw areas on the skin and mucous membranes (mouth and other moist linings) that will not heal. In some cases, these sores can cover a significant area of the skin. Before modern drug treatments, death from overwhelming infection was the usual outcome, but this is no longer common.

Pemphigus has several types. Each type looks and acts differently. There are other autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin, such as bullous pemphigoid, bullous lupus, and Hailey-Hailey disease that can be confused with pemphigus. Because this is a complex condition to diagnose, special testing is needed. The three main categories of pemphigus are paraneoplastic pemphigus, pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus.

This most serious form of pemphigus is paraneoplastic pemphigus. This occurs most often in someone who has already been diagnosed with an internal malignancy (cancer). Fortunately, it is also the most rare. Painful sores of the mouth, lips and esophagus are almost always present; and skin lesions of different types occur. This disease is usually not responsive to treatment. The diagnosis of this type should prompt doctors to search for a hidden tumor. In some cases the tumor will be benign and the disease will improve if the tumor is surgically removed.

Pemphigus vulgaris is the most frequently diagnosed form of pemphigus. Sores and blisters usually start in the mouth. The sores don't always look like blisters. Pemphigus vulgaris is produce by antibodies in the blood that attack the skin directly. The antibodies circulate in the blood, reach the skin and bind to a particular protein found on skin cells. This protein's normal function is to keep the skin cells bound together. When the antibodies bind the protein, the cells fall apart and blistering of the skin and mucous membranes occur.

With pemphigus foliaceus crusted, scaly sores, or fragile blisters usually first appear on the scalp and then later involve the face, chest and back. The antibodies bind to a different skin cell protein than in pemphigus vulgaris. This protein is found only on the top dry layer of skin, and is not found in the mouth. Because of this the blisters are superficial, and do not occur in the mouth. They are often itchy and not usually as painful as pemphigus vulgaris.

Pemphigus vulgaris usually starts in middle-aged and older adults, but is can occur at any age. Often, pemphigus not the first disease considered. The first line of defense for all forms of pemphigus is the introduction of oral steroids, usually Prednisone. Cytotoxic drugs such as Imuran and Cytoxan are added to reduce the dose and side effects of the steroids. Other drugs used are injectable gold and Neoral. Mild disease can sometimes be controlled with topical or intralesional steroids. Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) and Dapsone have also have been effective in some cases of pemphigus foliaceus.

All of these drugs can have serious side effects. Blood and urinalysis must be monitored on a regular basis. There is some evidence that treatment is easier in the early stages of the disease. Treatment should always be prescribed on the basis of how severe the disease is. There are no reports showing that alternative, homeopathic or herbal treatments help. These usually hurt because the medications that work are stopped until the patient realizes they made a mistake. This same pattern is seen over and over, usually in intelligent and more educated patients.

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Answer 4

Anxiety Attacks, Insomnia, Depression.

Answer 5

A born returned christian is telling a woman how Jesus helped him triumph over his addictions to drugs and playing. She tells him she never gambles because of the fact she continually loses, shes a born loser her ex husband took her to the song a week. each horse she wager on lost. The ex-gambler desires to coach shes not a born loser, he's taking her to the song, provides her money to place a 2 dollar wager on each horse different than a million. He placed $a hundred on that a million horse. He wins alot of money whilst that horse wins. He talks her into doing this returned, he wins returned. this happens 3 extra cases, each and every time he bets what he gained interior the previous race, he lands up with $7000, Bets all of it on the subsequent race, the pony he wager $7000 on is a lot at the back of 3 horses the born looser wager on, he thinks he would desire to have provide up whilst he grew to become into forward, those 3 horses collide inflicting serious injuries, the pony he wager on wins. he feels in charge approximately it

Answer 6

mmm, you know what I think would be perfect for that? A heart disease. When I had to go see a cardiologist (I'm fine now, praise God :D, I was told no caffeine, my buddy who saw one, too got the same thing. Caffeine (a lot of it) tends to piss off your heart, so to speak. So does stress.

Answer 7

maybe he would have heart problems and this culminates in a heart attack?

i saw a consumer report on my news channel that said red bull and all that other crap could be damaging to the heart in the long run if consumed often...dont know if it's true but you could run with it

Answer 8

Germopipolariascova - Rare disease that eats your flesh slowly.

Answer 9

He got Mononucleosis and his spleen ruptured he caught it when someone coughed on him at the local coffee shop very rare but could happen

Answer 10

How about an ulcer?

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