10 most famous imaginary diseases

How often do we mistake our symptoms for a mistaken illness – have any of you ever asked yourself this question? If not, then it’s time to do it.

For example, we feel pain in the neck as if we were blown away due to an open window or a turned on fan, but pain can occur for a completely different reason.

In this article, we will just consider the most common imaginary diseases, so as not to be mistaken with the conclusions, diagnosing ourselves with something that is not really there.

10 Delirium tremens – severe poisoning

People who drink alcohol for a long time are credited with delirium tremens. A person behaves unstable, he is mentally unbalanced and can commit rash impulsive acts.

If you drink alcohol for a long time, then the level of the hormone (ADH) decreases, it is responsible for regulating the excretion of water by the kidneys.

If ADH is at a low level for a long time, then after the cessation of binge, the hormonal level increases. The kidneys retain moisture, and with it all substances of the breakdown of ethanol are retained.

After a long binge, getting drunk will not save the situation, and severe poisoning occurs.

9. Blown out – uncomfortable sleeping position

When a person is tormented by pain in the back or neck, he believes that he was blown away if he sat at an open window or walked in the wind. Nobody excludes this reason, but hypothermia is far from the only factor in pain.

Most often, pain occurs due to muscle microtraumas, and they occur when a person is in an uncomfortable position – for example, sleeping on an uncomfortable mattress or often sitting in an uncomfortable position.

In addition, if a person makes a sudden movement, injury can also occur.

6. Rheumatism is a disease of the young

Usually this word is associated with a problem associated with the back, because of which it is impossible to stand up, sit down, let alone engage in any physical activity.

But real rheumatism has nothing to do with the back – it is an inflammation that affects the membranes of the heart. Our immune system thus reacts to infection by microorganisms (they belong to the group of streptococci).

Older people usually do not get this disease, rheumatism is a disease of young people.

It is important to understand that the same symptoms can be signs of different diseases.

7. Migraine is a hereditary disease

When a person’s head “splits”, the first thing that comes to his mind is that he has a migraine. The person thinks that he “went through” too much or some external stimuli caused this pain.

In fact, if excruciating pain is repeated constantly – about a couple of times a month, then we are talking about heredity.

Migraine is accompanied by nausea and fear of bright light. Neurological disorders may also appear: numbness of one of the limbs, a change in vision, in this case we are talking about migraine with aura (paroxysmal primary cephaogia).

6. Sclerosis is a symptom, not a disease

If a person (mostly sclerosis occurs in older people due to cerebral atherosclerosis) forgets about important dates, does not remember names, what happened 10 minutes ago, others believe that he has sclerosis.

But in fact, there is no such disease, there are many similar diagnoses, and they all imply fibrosis (abnormal growth of connective tissues).

Sclerosis is the final phase of connective tissue disorganization. Memory loss is a symptom, not a disease.

5. Osteochondrosis of the spine – muscles and ligaments

Osteochondrosis is a rare disease. Doctors make this diagnosis for almost everyone who has changes in the intervertebral discs. The main reason, according to doctors, is that people walk straight.

In fact, people over 40 have osteochondrosis, but they don’t know anything about it because they don’t feel pain. But the diagnosis sounds so scary that people are ready to give money for a tomography to find out if there is a hernia or not. It’s not cheap, and it makes a lot of money.

But almost always the pain that a person feels in the back speaks of muscles and ligaments.

4. Cellulite is an inflammation of fatty tissue

In the case of orange peel that occurs on the skin (usually in the buttocks and thighs), a person is prescribed expensive anti-cellulite procedures and prescribed creams.

However, this is not true – cellulitis speaks of panniculitis (inflammation of the subcutaneous fatty tissue), which is caused by microbes. The disease progresses rapidly and causes the destruction of adipose tissue.

With the internal form, fat cells of such organs as the liver, kidneys, and intestines suffer. Panniculitis is a serious illness, and self-medication is prohibited.

3. Avitaminosis – terrible consequences

When people hear this word, they immediately remember the early spring, which caused beriberi. They call it a slight malaise, which will pass after some time, you just have to take vitamins and include more vegetables and fruits in your diet.

What can really happen? Vitamin deficiency can lead to scurvy (a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C), pellagra (due to prolonged malnutrition), and rickets. Africans suffer from lack of vitamins.

2. Vegetovascular dystonia – neurological diseases

Some symptoms, such as a slight tingling in the chest or panic attacks, are called vascular dystonia.

But there is no such diagnosis all over the world as VVD, if doctors still claim the opposite, this only speaks of their incompetence.

The disease hides a real problem behind it – it can be a neurological disease or a mental disorder.

You can undertake to treat a disease that does not exist, and in the meantime the existing one will progress.

1. Depression is a hormonal disorder

Depression usually means sadness, apathy, unwillingness to enjoy even good things.

In fact, depression is basically a physical illness in which the hormone serotonin (the feel-good hormone) is disrupted.

In your menu, you must definitely include such products: lean fish, beef liver, cottage cheese, containing the amino acid tryptophan (mood regulator).

If you often have a cold, a bad mood, then this indicates depression – you need to bring the hormone serotonin back to normal.