Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:43 am   Reply with quote      

What's the worst illness you've ever had?

Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:22 am   Reply with quote      

I had a problem with my nervous system when I was very young, and I think that's the worst illness I had.

Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:46 am   Reply with quote      

wow, that sounds tough. I had this weird illness called, get ready for this..................Cat Scratch Fever

I was in the few %age of people who the illness wrecked havoc on. I was only 9 years old.

Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:10 am   Reply with quote      

My parents were very worried for number of obvious reasons. I didn't know that as a child, but in retrospect, I guess I had a very serious condition.

Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:16 pm   Reply with quote      

What are the symptoms of Cat Scratch Fever, venus?? How did it wreak havoc with you?

Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:42 pm   Reply with quote      

Thais,
All I can say is that it felt 10 times worse than the worst flu I ever had.
I was 9 years old, and I liked to bring my cat in at night. I picked her up, she was mad, and scratched me on my neck. 2 weeks later my lymph nodes were swollen, I was very dizzy & could barely walk staright, no appeitite, weak, etc....

Had to stay in the hospital for 4 days. It doesn't cause most people a problem at all. I don't know why it affected me so badly.

Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:04 pm   Reply with quote      

Maybe you got some kind of infection from the wound?

Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:15 pm   Reply with quote      

Yeah, it was an infection from the bacteria on her claws .....eek.....

Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:40 pm   Reply with quote      

Yeah, it must be. Some people are allergic to cat, but if it's the case, then touching cat makes you sick. Since you (apparently) got sick by the scratch, it must be an infection.

Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:15 pm   Reply with quote      

Yeah, what it came from was the cat herself contacting a disease (the bacteria has some name) from another cat.


Cats pass along this bacteria, and it doesn't really make them sick, but it'll make a human sick if they lick, scratch, or bite you. I've had a lot of cats as pets, so I've been bitten, scratched, etc, by them a lot. Hers was the only time I got sick. I think it's because she herself was sick.

I'm glad it wasn't in my eye though. It will cause your eye to swell up twice it's size.

Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:00 pm   Reply with quote      

Glandular fever as a teen. Now that was the worst! Took a few months for me to fully recover! Maybe this could be a contributing factor to why my immune system is so "kickass!!!" ?

Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:44 am   Reply with quote      

The sound of glandular fever sounds like it must have been an absolute terrible illness. I've never heard of it. What were the symptons?

Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:44 am   Reply with quote      

You can read about it here:
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/glandularfever.html

Nice to know, though, that I'm now immune for life since I've had it once already.

Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:17 pm   Reply with quote      

I went to hospital with Anaphylactic shock because some moronic Army Doctor prescribed a pennicillin based antibiotic - I learned the hard way that I am allergic to pennicillin!

It was an interesting experience; I recall being really concerned about the amount of drugs being stuck into me via the IVs going into each arm. This due to the drugs testing scheme in the Army - I was a senior person and I didn't want to be found positive, it would have been career ending.

Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:42 pm   Reply with quote      

Quite a few people are allergic to penicillin, so the chart has a check box for penicillin. Doctor is supposed to check if you are allergic to it or not. In the worst case scenario, you lose conscious and die. I'm glad that you came out ok, but this type of mistakes shouldn't be repeated anywhere.