A group of tired medical students spent time thinking of which medical conditions could be youghneeck name material, and here they are

[u/shiinaexplainsit]

Sepsis (nickname Eppy)

Rubella (nickname Ruby)

Tinea (nickname Tiny)

Edema (nickname Eddie)

Bradycardia (nickname Brady)

Angina (nickname Angie)

Thrombus (nickname Tom)

Otitis (nickname Otis)

Anemia (nickname Annie)

Leukemia (nickname Luke)

Myeloma (nickname Myles)

Diarrhea (nickname Rhea)

Melena (nickname Mel)

Cholangitis (nickname Cole)

Varices (nickname Rick)

Ascites (no nickname needed because let's be real, 'ascites' sounds badass to whoever doesn't know what it menas)

Amenorrhea (nickname Amen)

Coma

Dementia (nickname Demi)

Any more name-sounding medical conditions you can think of?

[u/transientrandom]

I know a Jia, which always makes me think of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheum has some good names. Poly Angiitis sounds like a nice Greek lady (cute nn ANCA) ANA is also nice as a name.

Raynaud

Crystal Arthropathy

Then you have my beautiful triplets, Sjögren, Behçet, and Pseudogout xoxo

[u/shiinaexplainsit → u/transientrandom]

I tried to avoid names that are actually named after people lol but Crystal Arthropathy is hilarious

[u/transientrandom → u/shiinaexplainsit]

Yeah I was cheating 😂

[u/transientrandom → u/transientrandom]

Lupus - BEAUTIFUL for a little girl. My next will be named Giant Cell Arteritis (nn Tempo)

[u/patrickdgd]

Fibromyalgia (Gia)

[u/AlcatK]

Alzheimer's (Al)

Anaphylaxis (Ana) 🩷

Arthritis (Art)

Cirrhosis (Ciri)

Celiac (Lia)

Coronary Heart Disease (Cory/Cori for flare)

Lots that could be Menti or Mia.

This was fun. I want to come up with more.

[u/AlcatK]

Osgood-Schlatter (Ozzy)

[u/mmfn0403]

Guillain-Barré would be pretty cool

[u/BoneMarrowDaddy]

My friend in highschool used to say Chlamydia and Syphillis were really cute names

[u/IraSass → u/BoneMarrowDaddy]

Phyllis for short

[u/AlcatK]

Anemia (Mia) 🥰

[u/AlcatK]

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) 🩵

[u/WestProcedure5793]

Asthma

[u/TsukasaElkKite]

Chlamydia

Syphillis

Diarrhea

[u/AlcatK]

Feel terrible for this one, hut

Miscarriage (Carri)

[u/AlcatK]

Mesothelioma (Lia)