Diseases that didn't exist in the 70s

[the-e-dealer]

I dont know about thst - Ever seen the Exorcist?

1870 Maybe!

The eponym was bestowed by Jean-Martin Charcot (1825?1893) on behalf of his resident, Georges Albert ?douard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (1859?1904), a French physician and neurologist, who published an account of nine patients with Tourette's in 1885.

[David Mc]

Hilarious. I lost another rib.

[Isla]

the urge to instagram the living shit out of every meal you eat and post it online.

[ianr]

> Tourette's - or 'speaking in tongues'

That's glossolalia, which I don't think has made it to disease status. There's not even a DSM-IV entry for it, whereas Tourette's is there and in ICD-10.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Eczema, alcoholism, 'Tourettes', losing a rib, depression: all covered in The Bible.

[????]

..they didn't instagram the bread and loaves tho did they PGC?

[LondonMix]

I was reading a book the other day and it mentioned that the pathologising of common conditions really started in the 20th century. People always had difficulties with certain things but these weren't elevated to the status of disease until recently.

What does calling something a disease change about it?

[*Bob*]

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> What does calling something a disease change about

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The amount of malingering?

[????]

Obesity

[dukesdenver]

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> Obesity

That Henry VIII was a bit of a porker, though.

[Husker]

Awareness of Tourettes has been around a while. I remember watching QED's "Johnnie's not mad" as a kid. The next day at school, everyone had it!

Also, not so much a disease but binge drinking - this was just called "a big night out"!

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dukesdenver Wrote:

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> That Henry VIII was a bit of a porker, though.

Yup. But that was because he ate too much and not blamed on genes or a disease

[uncleglen]

Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (aka ME or yuppie 'flu), cluster headaches?

[the-e-dealer]

I had a Friend who at 30 got ME or Yuppie Flu. He was really tired and unhealthy. Tried loads of different treatments - both mainstream and weird. Then after 2 years they realised it was Leukemia he died within weeks.

He was the editor of Oink Comic.

[The Minkey]

Really sorry to hear about your friend, e-dealer. Yes, it's not improbable that a good proportion of ME/CFS cases have been misdiagnosed as there's no obligation to run anything other than basic bloodwork to check for anaemia, thyroid/liver issues etc so it ends up being one of those wastepaper bin diagnoses. The ME diagnosis has been around longer than the 70's and is classified by the WHO as a neurological condition with its own ICD code I believe. Esther Rantzen was busy spouting off about it for a while because her daughter was diagnosed with CFS but she turned out to have Coeliac Disease. Someone I know of was left to rot for many years until he was eventually diagnosed with Behcets Disease.

[maxxi]

The flip side is a return to popularity of some old favourites like gout (no longer just 'the disease of kings') and attacks of the vapours (DM online).

Next in line is a dismissal of all psychological diagnoses in favour of a return to the purer Hippocratic expression of the four Humours - Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic & Phlegmatic - to be controlled with blood letting and trepanning which will be available at local hair salons.

"A number 2 and a hole over me left frontal lobe mate please, cheers."

[woodrot]

I once took a couple of days off to pootle off to Amsterdam & presented a sick note when I got back stating I had " Non Specific Malaise".

Not an eyebrow was raised

[sb1871]

In answer to the OP, AIDS, but recent research suggests you can actually run it off

[the-e-dealer]

Thanks minkey

[sb1871]

Who's that aimed at the-e-dealer?

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> Who's that aimed at the-e-dealer?

I'm going to guess it's aimed at the user 'The Minkey'

Could be wrong though :?

[the-e-dealer]

Dear The Minkey,

Thanks very much for your kind words.

Yours

The E Dealer