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Out-of -date conditions

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thatbags Wed 10-Jun-15 20:13:28

Probably caused by poor circulation.

thatbags Wed 10-Jun-15 20:13:09

I have chilblains. They definitely still exist.

mcem Wed 10-Jun-15 20:05:28

If any of us wore something skimpy or short we were warned that we'd get ' a chill in the kidneys'.
Can't think of anyone who did actually ever have this diagnosis!

absent Wed 10-Jun-15 20:02:16

Katek Chilblains certainly do still exist but are less likely to occur in houses with central heating.

What about growing pains?

Katek Wed 10-Jun-15 19:51:17

Or chilblains?

Katek Wed 10-Jun-15 19:45:08

Is lumbago still a complaint? Don't hear it mentioned so much nowadays.

durhamjen Wed 10-Jun-15 19:43:33

I met someone a couple of months ago who said her husband had sugar diabetes. I didn't think anyone called it that these days.

Ana Wed 10-Jun-15 19:34:16

I'm pretty sure rheumatism still exists! hmm

Ariadne Wed 10-Jun-15 19:30:29

My grandmother used to talk about the blood "overheating" and causing all sorts of complaints. And I am convinced that her "rheumatics" and those of my mother, were the arthritis that I have (well, not at the moment grin

I think poor circulation is an actual condition, but will leave our resident medics to verify that!

apricot Wed 10-Jun-15 19:26:51

How many disorders can you think of which no longer exist?
Like chills, rheumatism, growing pains, weak chests?
My hands keep going purple and people say it's "bad circulation" but can that be a real condition? Either your blood is circulating and you're alive, or it isn't and you're dead.