Münchausen syndrome

HIV/ AIDS

Sick house syndrome

All come to mind. Or, he/she could just be experiencing a rash of bad luck.

Poor immune system?

We have a really poor tenant who must weigh 400 pounds. He is ALWAYS sick. Last I heard, he was needing a liver transplant or shunt, or something like that. He is on SS and either Medicare or Medicaid.

What Busy or Hollis said. I also heard of someone who was always sick like that and she was found to have cancer. Except Munchhausen is pretending to be ill to get attention.

That was happening to one of my tenants and it turned out that she has some rare blood disorder that Polish people get and she needed a blood thinner. Also there is a Mediterranean mild leukemia that will cause a lof ot white blood cells to be present. Same tenant's husband has that. They don't actually need to have a Mediterranean last name as it's in his ancestray somewhere.

As Busy said, HIV/AIDS will cause an immune system problem but as I recall reading, it's usually catastrophic really fast. A lot of the early cases were a bird pneumonia and I think it was from having canaires in their homes. Read the book The River. It's all about how the AIDS epidemic began. It's a very thick book but you won't put it down.

I have several sick friends. Some have real conditions like heart and/or kidney transplants. Others have mental issues, real but they use it as a crutch so they don't have to work, they like the attention. And I also have tenants with made up conditions so they can sit on the sofa, stuff their face and accomplish nothing getting federal hand outs.

I have a friend who is always telling me about her medical ills. She is at least 20 years younger than I am. I'm an old fogey so if anyone has a right to complain about aches and pains, it's me. I keep my mouth shut on it. What good does it do to whine about it?

This woman has been trying to years to get on disability. I recently learned she has been turned down NINE times.

She needs to give up and get an actual job.

I think lifestyle is a big factor in SOME people. Ever notice what some people have in their shopping cart? A short time ago I was behind someone with a full one and I don't think there was one healthy thing in it.Just junk food, all prepared processed stuff. Sodas,Cereals that were mostly sugar,chemical food coloring, everything out of a box or can. No vegetables or fruit. I felt sorry for the 2 kids that were with her.

I went 34 years w/o a virus (that I couldn't get rid of in a few hours) However most of you probably wouldn't take the supplements I take esp in my "virus kit" that I take in the first sign of a virus.

Then I take things for mitochondrial support,..PQQ, CoQ10 etc.

Also do the Linus Pawling Therapy.

Ally:

Landlord of the flies, what you are referring to is Münchausen by proxie. Münchausen syndrome is named after the Baron von Münchausen, a German soldier, known for playing up every injury to the hilt. If I understand correctly, it is most common in someone who has had a serious illness, especially in childhood, and became addicted to the attention from doctors, family, friends. As the illness is cured, or goes into remission, the person affected continues to seek attention through discussion of any and all medical issues, including ‘doctor-shopping’ trying to find a doctor who will find something, anything, wrong. And, at every family event, all of the family is regaled with tales of the affliction, over and over.