New name for Pernicious Anaemia ?

[wedgewood]

Do you think it would be a good idea to re-christen Pernicious Anaemia ? We all know how pernicious it is , but we also know that you don't have to have anaemia if you suffer from PA . But some GPs believe just that , as we have often read in posts. So can anyone come up with a better name for it ?

[fbirder]

How about 'mortiferum lassitudinem' which, according to google, is Latin for 'deadly exhaustion'. Or 'thantifora exantlisi' if you prefer Greek.

[Jose651 in reply to fbirder]

Hahahaaa, fbirder

😂

[wedgewood in reply to fbirder]

I'd rather suffer in Latin than Greek !

[Schenks in reply to fbirder]

Aren't those spells at Hogwarts?

[Dreamer12 in reply to fbirder]

Hahahaha very funny!!!! X

[LeanneN]

'reptilia infirmitatem' for creeping disability

[pvanderaa]

Back around 2009, on the original PAS website, I proposed the same question and think I set a survey question for it.

Of course with all my memory loss issues, I can't remember the results.

Gut feel is that most members didn't care for the idea at the time.

I'll have to dig a little to see if I can come up with some of the suggestions muted at the time.

[Lisahelen]

Suspect it could be called any number of things!

Still dont think it will make any differnce to the medical profession in how they treat it though as they only ever read the first paragraph!

[Secondchance]

I agree- it is very confusing. Maybe if it was called Biermer's disease? One of the historical names?

[Secondchance]

Takes out the anaemia bit which I think prevents a lot of people getting treated/diagnosed

[jade_s]

autoimmune cobalamenia

or something in latin/greek/esperanto/whatever referring to "inability to absorb" B12

or named after a famous person who had it (Alexander Graham Bell) sites.google.com/site/mgcth...

[ndodge in reply to jade_s]

Interesting list! Thanks

[MzChapperz]

I agree - the PA implies you have to have this to be B12 deficient or have it 'really'.

Definitely needs a new name so all the 'Piss Ant' GPs treat you properly!

[Jose651 in reply to MzChapperz]

Love your style MzChapperz ,

J 🍀

[clivealive Forum Support]

It has been called "The silent killer" but I'm still a noisy "clivealive" at 75.

[wedgewood]

Perhaps fbirder could translate "silent killer " into Latin or Greek ? Might sound even more impressive !

[Hidden]

Morbidineum something or other? That's how I feel at times. Not today though 😀😀😀😀😀 sorry couldn't help myself!

[srmika]

This thread is brilliant! So fun to read a more happy post.

What's the Latin for "walking death" -- that seems appropriate! I think people (including doctors) would understand it better if you said, "I'm quite ill -- I have the walking death. It's really no fun."

[lovesradio]

Hi all you have made me giggle helplessly which is great after a hard shift teaching all week!!

[wedgewood]

Glad to hear that !!👍