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What is the weirdest medical case?
The strangest medical cases of 2020
- Green urine. (Image credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2020)
- Cold allergy. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
- Lethal licorice. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
- Pierced heart. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
- Bladder brewery.
- Wandering spleen.
- Persistent coronavirus.
- Three kidneys.
What is the rarest case in the world?
According to the Journal of Molecular Medicine, Ribose-5 phosphate isomerase deficiency, or RPI Deficinecy, is the rarest disease in the world with MRI and DNA analysis providing only one case in history.
What are the most common medical conditions?
As for diseases, here are the most frequently mentioned concerns:
- obesity: 15\%
- cancer: 14\%
- diabetes: 2\%
- drug & alcohol abuse: 2\%
- heart disease: 1\%
- flu: 1\%
- mental illness: 1\%
- AIDS: 1\%
What are medical cases?
[kās] a particular instance of a disease or other problem; sometimes used incorrectly to designate the patient with the disease.
What is the most interesting illness?
Water allergy.
What is the scariest disease?
The world’s 7 most terrifying diseases
- Ebola. What is Ebola?
- Kuru disease. What is Kuru disease?
- Naegleria fowleri. What is Naegleria fowleri?
- Guinea worm disease. What is Guinea worm disease?
- African trypanosomiasis. What is African trypanosomiasis?
- River blindness. What is river blindness?
- Buruli ulcers.
What diseases can be cured?
5 Diseases That May Be Cured Within Our Lifetime
- HIV/AIDS. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, was only discovered mere decades ago.
- Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s affects nearly 5.7 million Americans who struggle with varying stages of dementia.
- Cancer.
- Cystic Fibrosis.
- Heart Disease.
What is the most common diagnosis in the world?
Top 10 most common diagnoses from primary care physicians (PCPs)
Rank | ICD-10 Code | ICD-10 Description |
---|---|---|
1 | I10 | Essential (primary) hypertension |
2 | E785 | Hyperlipidemia, unspecified |
3 | E119 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications |
4 | Z0000 | Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings |
What confirmed cases?
A confirmed case is an individual who had a confirmatory viral test performed by way of a throat swab, nose swab or saliva test and that specimen tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19.