Question 1

what diseases can you get from mosquitos?

Accepted Answer

Many: Best to look it up as the list is long.  It includes several types of  malaria, zika, chickungunya, several types of encephalitis, dengue,  yellow fever and many others.

Question 2

can people get lafora disease?

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Lafora disease: Lafora Disease can occur in dogs. Looks like Lafora body disease can occur in humans.  See:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22961547

Question 3

does paget's disease get worse?

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Sometimes: But paget's disease of bone is often self-limited. On the other hand, paget's disease of the breast can certainly get worse!

Question 4

how do people get celiac disease?

Accepted Answer

Genetics; eat gluten: Celiac disease (gluten allergy) occurs in a person who may have a genetic tendency to react abnormally to gluten (a protein in wheat, barley, and rye). Something causes his immune system to over-react to gluten. Later, when he eats foods containing gluten, his immune system reacts with the intestine that is digesting the gluten, and causes intestinal damage, abnormal digestion, plus malabsorption.

Question 5

bechets disease / how do you get it?

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Behcet's syndrome: This syndrome is an autoimmune disease with mouth ulcers, genital ulcers and inflammation of iris in the eye.

Question 6

can i get a disease from a blow job?

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Yes: It's a very efficient way of transmitting gonorrhea to the throat. You can probably catch infectious mononucleosis and/or cytomegalovirus this way. Whether HIV can be transmitted efficiently this way is controversial -- three classic large studies had negative results but think about a condom in any case.

Question 7

can both genders get crohn's disease?

Accepted Answer

Briefly: Yes, there does not seem to be preference for either sex.

Question 8

what diseases can you get from kissing?

Accepted Answer

Several diseases: Most well known is viral mononucleosis (kissing disease) another virus cytomegalovirus (cmv).Other microbes  also spread through saliva and stick to surfaces of the cheeks and mouth, the tongue, or teeth. Bacterium streptococcus, which can cause an array of infections, including gum disease and strep throat;hpv(human papilloma virus) also transmitted by oral sex.

Question 9

can teenagers get diseases from kissing?

Accepted Answer

Anyone can: Many viral and bacterial diseases are spread by contact with oral mucous secretions. This is most likely when they have fever, but can happen without symptoms.

Question 10

do a lot of people get addison's disease?

Accepted Answer

Addison's uncommon: Addison's disease, or chronic primary adrenal gland insufficiency, is uncommon in the US. The typical causes are either autoimmune, metastatic tumors, infections (such as tuberculosis) or bleeding injury of the adrenal glands. Many decades ago, when tuberculosis was more common in the US, there were relatively more cases of this infection causing Addison's.

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