Has anyone heard of "Fifths" disease?
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Yes, it is called Fifth's disease, because it is associated\nwith Measles, Mumps, rubella, and Chicken pox. Those are\n4 diseases and the fifth disease is called Fifth's disease. I am serious, this is not a joke. My son's Pediatrian told me that. My son had Fifth's disease. It is most\nsimilar to Chicken pox. You get the red bumps, and it is\ncontagious.  I have heard some people say that when you are an adult they call it shingles.... but I don't think that is quite the same thing.
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I looked it up on Yahoo and found nothing.  In addition, I'm a well-read med student and I've never heard of it.  Are you sure you have the name straight?
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Look, my cousin almost died several years ago of this disease.  Yes, to those who live with it, it IS a disease.  I thought she had it under control until my aunt just recently told me that she checked herself into a rehab in California for it.\nTalk to their parents.  Tell them that it should be taken seriously.  If they won't act on it, go to your guidance counselor.  If your counselor thinks it's a serious enough issue, he or she will go to their parents.\nIf worse comes to worst, they get checked into some facility to be evaluated and/or treated.\nUnfortunately, it's not your problem, so there's not really anything you can do about it aside from being supportive.  It sucks, but it's the truth.\nIf you open your mouth, be prepared to lose your friends.  Best case scenario:  they'll thank you for it later.
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sure i've heard of it.  but i'm in med school so that's expected.  however, my gramma did have it a while back.  apparently, it's probably just about the most awful thing you can suffer from.  you're constanly sick and dizzy no matter what you do.  i'd probly kill myself if i got it.
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it's a condition called funkitis... and I often suffer from it too... there is no known cure... we just have to hope that we never get so funky that it's fatal... but if you are half as funky as I am... I fear we're doomed...
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Yes I have...It is a something that runs in my family...I believe it is called Menier's (not sure of the spelling)Disease...It is caused when the water level in the middle ear is disrupted...My father takes anti-vert, although from what he has told me a person can build up immunity to its effects...He does get it very bad at times and he is aware of its onset, so he takes 1/2 of a Valium which reduces the anxiety of knowing that he may be laid up in bed for a week, but it does seem to help him with the symptoms...or...get this...he puts the hair drier to his ear...the gentle air flow seems to help level out the water imbalance...he is 76 years old so he has become quite proficient in his own health care...He was also told about a surgical procedure...but that could possibly leave you deaf...I like the hair drier idea myself...contact your doctor and ask your family members if they have had it...I know my paternal grandmother had it, my father has it, and I get it too...My best preventive is just move more slowly, avoid wild amusement park rides, and when I'm on a boat or a passenger in a  fast moving car, I NEVER look down...only forward...I hope this has helped...
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I actually have that too. I think I discovered it when I was around 11 and I was always a pretty healthy kid. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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i think he has something else going on by the sounds they shouldn't be that high some people run high all the time has he been tested for this before and they are just now elevating? obviously its nothing to be very concerned about or the Dr would have told you. i would certainly ask him if he feels that this is a genetic condition.
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You are freaking me out! I didn't see that particular episode, but the show IS usually medically accurate, so I assume that this can really happen.\nHowever, it is probably extremely rare.
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Fifth Disease is also called parvo virus - but it's not the same one that dogs get.\n\nYou cannot get parvo virus or fith disease from a dog & a person cannot transmit it to dogs.
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I have it, I had seven surgeries on my lower spine and my cervical spine. Mine is related to degenerative osteoarthritis in a severe form. It started when I was 48 yrs. old. I'm now 67 and will be in a wheel chair in a few years. It's now, the arthritis, in my hands, I'll have stiff hands from surgery by this time next year.\n\n   There is no hope or even control for my disease, only more surgery and drug control for the extreme pain, the nights are the worse.\n\n   If your young, see your doctor, they have some preventive means now for certain population groups. Maybe you can still get help. My cardiac surgeon is the best, probably the form-most in the Midwest and can't use his hands anymore. That's life, good luck and God Bless.  It took me as long to write this as it would have a long letter, that's what I mean.
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Saw it on Sportscenter in my gym.  Touched a nerve -- my son has the same condition, and actually made the basketball team this year, but quit because other kids made him feel like he didn't belong.  He obsessed about it for months.\n\nhere's the story:
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BUSTED!\n\nWhile medical experts agree that the accompanying stories are fiction, debate over the authenticity of the images themselves is ongoing. When I showed them to pathologist Ed Friedlander, he concluded they had been faked, largely because most of the anatomical landmarks one would expect to find in a dissected brain are nowhere to be seen. Another expert speculated that the photos could be real, but, if so, depict a very serious case of scalp cancer, not a "brain infection."  In any case, no one was able to account for their origin.\n\nIn a new development, the debunkers at Snopes.com have determined, based on information from an unnamed but presumably reliable source, that the images are indeed real and document the case of 70-year-old man suffering from "an unusual form of cancer which had eaten away at the upper portion of his skull and scalp."  Contacted for a follow-up opinion, Dr. Friedlander agreed the explanation is plausible, but in his judgment the photos may still have been retouched.  "I cannot account for the apparent maggots and apparent eggs," he wrote. \n\nAs to Mr. Fujiwara, the sushi fanatic who supposedly contracted brain worms by eating raw fish, that variation of the tale is simply preposterous. While the medical literature supports the claim that certain species of tapeworm and roundworm can infect the human digestive tract when consumed in raw or undercooked fish, I could find no indication that these particular parasites (in contrast to the pork tapeworm, which is capable of causing a wider, more serious array of symptoms) can migrate to other human organs, such as the brain. In documented cases where pork tapeworm larvae have been found in the brain, they were embedded, cyst-like, in the neural tissue; they don't crawl around freely, nor are they capable of boring through the patient's skull and emerging through the scalp.\n\nTo set the record straight, maggots can infest the human brain, and so can certain types of tapeworm larvae. But these conditions are pretty rare and, in spite of what you may have heard through the email grapevine, they don't result from ignoring ingrown hairs or binging on sushi.
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why do you want people to contact you if their relatives contracted this disease?  My sister got Legionnaires Disease in 84 or 85 (I think) and she became very ill.  She did live but has had diminished lung function ever since.  It was explained to me as like having a very bad case of pneumonia that does not always respond to treatment and that they could treat her symptoms but not cure the disease so she would basically live or she would die.  At the time she still had 2 minor children and we were all in a panic.  \n\nBut on a funny side note:  she actually got the disease from a dirty air conditioner vent while she worked as a waitress in a VFW club! ha! Legionaries disease from a VFW club! ha!
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I DONT BELIEVE IN IT!!!  There is not much you can do just go to a doctor and ask them if they have heard of anyhting.
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It is amazing how prevalent a disease can be, and yet so unknown. Neurofibromatosis (NF) is the most common neurological disease caused by a single gene. Both forms, NF1 and NF2, affect more than 100,000 Americans. The Children’s Tumor Foundation Web site (www.ctf.org) says “this makes NF more prevalent than Cystic Fibrosis, hereditary Muscular Dystrophy, Huntington's Disease and Tay Sachs combined.” While there is no known cure for NF, and it’s various forms, research is working toward an effective treatment.\n\nThe goal of this site is to create a local communication center for people with NF, as well as medical providers. Soon new features will be added, such as chat rooms and forums to encourage communication between the people involved. please check back often and help us grow.
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It is a rare congenital condition called Hypertrichosis. It is the condition that afflicts the "wolf boys" that were in the news a few years ago.