Today’s Old Illnesses are F - J

F

Falling sickness = Epilepsy
Fatty Liver = Cirrhosis of liver
Fits = Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity.
Flux = An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea.
Flux of humour = Circulation.
French pox = Syphilis

G

H

Heart sickness = Condition caused by loss of salt from body
Heat stroke = Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed
Hectical complaint = Recurrent fever
Hematemesis = Vomiting blood
Hematuria = Bloody urine
Hemiplegy = Paralysis of one side of body
Hip gout = Osteomylitis
Horrors = Delirium tremens
Hydrocephalus = Enlarged head, water on the brain
Hydropericardium = Heart dropsy
Hydrophobia = Rabies
Hydrothroax = Dropsy in chest
Hypertrophic = Enlargement of organ, like the heart

I

Impetigo = Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules
Inanition = Physical condition resulting from lack of food
Infantile paralysis = Polio
Intestinal colic = Abdominal pain due to improper diet

J

Jail fever = Typhus
Jaundice = Condition caused by blockage of intestines

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