The Scary-Sounding Diseases Game

[gronank]

Anthrax fits the bill of being a scary desease with a scary name

[Roland Deschain]

Anthrax fits the bill of being a scary desease with a scary name

But it rocks so hard!

I have two for you, the second of which will be posted later:-

Exploding Head Syndrome

[PKMKII]

cephalalgia

[DavidH]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

BTW I have quite a lot of Peripheral Neuropathy, having been diabetic for so long. It just means your hands and feet go numb and feel funny. I fear it's reaching my brain.

[pieces o'nine]

thermoplegia




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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for truly you have been touched by His Noodly Appendages, DavidH!

Let me break that down for you:
Pneumono = lung, breathing thanks to the trees He created // ultra = He is truly above all His rivals // microscopic = akin to midgets, especially from His exalted, albeit inebriated, perspective // silico = sand, what creates the inviting beaches on islands favored by pirates burying treasure // volcanoconiosis = the condition of the beer volcano as it produces your favorite beverage in copious quantities.

[black bart]

Aaaaarrgh...I once had a nastee case o scorbutus!!!

[black bart]

Aaarrrgh...Most o me croo have got Demodicosis!

[bacon]

Pityriasis Rosea

Sounds nasty at first, but has a flowery finish.

[pieces o'nine]

meralgia paresthetica

[black bart]

Aaaaarrgh...Ichthyophthirius multifiliis!

[Nef Yoo BlackBeard]

Ye moan ya rrrr
Um um
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um
et new moan ya
Rrrrrr

[Tigger_the_Wing]

^

That last one means I can almost forgive you for starting this thread with my major disorder.

This is not about which disease is actually the scariest, it is about the disease with the scariest-sounding name. For example - Yellow Fever: very scary disease, but not a scary sounding name. Plantar Fasciitis: not a very scary inflammation of the foot, but a terrifying-sounding name.

So I post a disease name, and you try to post a scarier-sounding one. If it is actually a scary disease, that's OK, but it doesn't have to be. It just has to sound scary. The winner shall be the first person that wins. Here we go:

Ankylosing Spondylitis

P.S. Be careful you don't get this, Roy.

P.P.S. I forgot to add a scary disease name:

Oropharyngeal Candidiasis

[black bart]

cirripedia baccatus or Davy Jones's Disease:

[daftbeaker]

Subtrochanteric distal femoral fracture with inter-medullary nail resulting in non union. They're right buggers

[bacon]

Bloody Bunions