If there is, could I have the name please? I need it for the story I'm writing on and I think it would be pretty unprofessional if I didn't name the character's disease.
Heart Diseases - 3 Answers
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Heart failure.
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A pathogen? Not that I know of. There are medical causes for those symptoms, but no host/parasite relationship that describes that. Congestive heart failure is a good one, which typically happens to older people who have a history of high blood pressure. It also happens to people who are just too darn old--after a hundred years of beating nonstop every single day, your heart just kind of gets tired and gives up. That's termed congestive heart failure as well. Pathogens don't tend to take up residence in the heart. Too much blood flowing by, which makes it hard to latch onto anything and also too many immune cells come through to allow any pathogens. If your main character isn't elderly, then I would suggest changing it from heart failure. Besides congenital heart defects, young people don't usually suffer from heart disease. Maybe lymphoma would be better. That has general weakness which eventually kills a person (not in all cases, but in many). There's a lot of chemo involved in that. How about an inoperable brian tumor? Sort of classic tragedy tale, but it does the job. A brain tumor can have pretty much any symptom you can invent, since the brain controls everything. If you're stuck on heart defect, here's a description of congenital heart disease: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_heart_defect
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One respondent has suggested 'heart failure' by which I am certain that she means systolic heart failure but this does not cause the heart to weaken and the host to eventually die. In 1985 the diagnosis of systolic heart failure had a mortality rate equal to that of most cancers but we simply have too many medications available today that are able to strengthen the 'failing' heart. The closest diagnosis to what you are looking for is a dilated cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy may have a specific cause but most often it is idiopathic meaning that the cause is not known. The heart muscle gradually thins out as the left ventricular chamber increases in size which weakens its ability to pump blood. Dilated cardiomyopathy may be treatable but it is difficult to treat. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless
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