I recently pulled rankings for top searched health concerns and wow, was I surprised to see what people searched for!Health concerns are certainly no laughing matter. However, I thought it'd be interesting to show the top searched health topics that people generally don't talk about. Check it out for yourself and you'll see what I mean.
If you happen to have any of the health concerns listed below, you probably talk to your close friends and your doctor (I really hope you do talk to your doctor!) about them. However, it's extremely rare that they make it in your casual conversations. Can you imagine strolling into the office one morning and when your cube neighbor asks a polite "How are you?" you respond with, "Fine, thanks. Except for the [fill in your health concern here] that I just got diagnosed with!" Can we say awkward?
Anyway, if you're diagnosed with any of the health concerns below, or if you're just curious to see what they're all about, the Internet is a great thing. Hello, privacy! Go to AOL Body or search for these topics on AOL Search, such as depression symptoms, STD testing and hair restoration.
AOL's top searched health concerns that you don't talk about from this week:
1. Depression
2. HPV
3. Yeast infection
4. Genital warts
5. Genital herpes
6. Urinary tract infection
7. AIDS
8. Constipation
9. Erectile dysfunction
10. Hair loss
See sponsored links for: depression symptoms, hair restoration, STD testing.
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 6)
61. Don't underestimate the seriousness of depression. It has ruined more professional practices than you can imagine, and is the principal cause of suicides.
When depression is serious enough, the person suffering from it can hardly get up in the morning or do his work; he can't sleep; he becomes nervous, irritable, and just generally not functional any more. Major depressive episodes can even, if they last long enough, result in loss of brain function.
A good many problem drinkers and drug users are actually self-medicating for depression. Of course, the problem with doing that is that it numbs the depression for the moment, but afterwards the depression only gets worse than ever. If you know someone who's very intelligent and yet just doesn't seem to be effective in his life, it's a good bet he's suffering from depression.
Depression can sometimes be coupled to manic or hypomanic periods, sometimes called bipolar disorder. That really knocks the person for a loop.
No, there is nothing trivial about depression. To any of you who were scoffing at or minimizing depression--you're terribly mistaken.
Posted at 1:27AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Ken Howes
62. Nora I think u r depressed 2... u have good reason...but u need 2 know that everything will get better...but u have 2 believe that. They make new discoveries everyday.
Posted at 1:30AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by cathy
63. I DON'T SPEAK TO ANYONE ABOUT MY HEALTH ANYMORE BECAUSE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE IS TOTAL PREDATORY ****... EVERYTIME I GO TO THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC, THEY ASK ME IF I HAVE INSURANCE OR HOW AM I GONNA PAY... THEY DON'T SEEM IN THE LEAST BIT INTERESTED ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE... I'VE BEEN ESCORTED OUT BY SECURITY MORE TIMES THAN I CARE TO MENTION... DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE IN THE USA ARE SO ****ING CORRUPT, IT'S A GODDAMNED DISGRACE !!! I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A CHECKUP IN MANY YEARS...
Posted at 1:38AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
64. Nora..
Find yourself another doctor.
Everybody is allowed a second opinion
A Cancer survivor
Posted at 1:43AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Bkita
65. THE REASON HEALTHCARE IN THE USA SUCKS IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SITS IDLY BY WHILE CROOKS DO WHATEVER THEY PLEASE. AMERICAN HEALTHCARE IS FOR PROFIT NOT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OR HOMELAND SECURITY... THE MORE DIABETES AND CANCER OR WHATEVER THEY CAN SPAWN, THE MORE PROFIT THEY RACK UP. THE FOOD SUPPLY IS SPIKED WITH CHEMICALS TO MAKE AMERICANS SICK... WE ARE PUT UNDER CONSTANT STRESS, AND THAT MAKES US SICK... AND AMERICANS ARE KEPT SO BUSY ON THE WMD CALLED THE INTERNET TO DO ZIP ABOUT IT... WE'RE DEAD MEAT.
Posted at 1:47AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
66. It is interesting to read the posts that quantify the listed ailments....I am a retired RN and each symptom or disease process listed has potentially lethal complications if not discussed and reviewed by your physician. Each listed is either a disease or a symptom of a disease...The rule is..IF IT BOTHERS YOU, TELL THE DOCTOR....Being a little red faced for a few minutes beats being 6 feet under any day.
Posted at 1:54AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by LovinInsanity
67. I agree with the person that brought up eating disorders. People can choose not to walk into a bar or liquor store but they can not choose not to eat, well they do sometimes but the reality is we have to eat. The diseases arising from eating disorders are so numerous and deadly. I am in recovery. I am a grandmother. My daughter has the disease. It is killing her. Talk about it to your Dr. and dentist.
It is deadly and you live with it all your life.
Posted at 2:06AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Trish
68. DON'T BE SO QUICK TO GLORIFY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF STORIES IN THE MEDIA AND AOL NEWS ABOUT THE CRUMMY HEALTHCARE THAT EXISTS IN THE USA. I'VE PERSONALLY GOT A PILE OF 200 APPOINTMENT CARD FROM WHEN I WAS ON WELFARE AND THE DENTIST MILKED MY CASE FOR VISIT FEES AND DID NEXT TO NO WORK ON MY TEETH DURING THOSE YEARS. I GOT EXACTLY 2 TEETH LEFT INCLUDING FROM A LIFETIME OF STARVATION AND SUBSTANDARD AMERICAN "FOOD". HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA IS A F***ING JOKE WITH HOSPITAL STAPH INFECTIONS, DEATH ON THE OPERATING TABLE, STUFF LEFT IN THE BODY AFTER SURGERY, USELESS MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED IN DEADLY COMBINATIONS AND ON AND ON. THIS IS NOT EUROPE WHERE PEOPLE MATTER... THIS IS AMERICA WHERE NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET. WAKE UP AND TAKE YOUR NOSE OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN. AMERICA IS THE NUMBER ONE POLLUTER OF THE WORLD'S ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S AN INDISPUTABLE FACT. AMERICA IS THE MAIN FUCKING TERRORIST ON THIS PLANET AND NOT ANYONE ELSE. YOU ARROGANT PIGS BETTER GET A GRIP SOON OR WE'LL TOTALLY SELF-DESTRUCT.
Posted at 2:15AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
69. I am very saddened by the fact that so many seem to brush off depression as not as serious. The last time I checked erectile dysfunction and hair loss did not kill you. Depression leads to often to suiside not to mention how often it keeps people seprated from others, epxerincing feelings of loneliness and sepration, of not caring about things one used to and many others. I am currently working on a study and hopefully preparing a teaching tool, on why we stigmatize people with depression. On why people who suffer from depression feel they have to keep it a secret (like this article suggest) and because people trivialize it - like the posters here.
I wish people could feel more comfortable discussing any of the 10 things that they do not, and others.
Posted at 2:24AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Kim
70. It's hard to talk to doctors about anything if their response is to shrug their shoulders. I am a breast cancer survivor. I am alive today only because my father offered to pay for a second opinion when a response to a large lump that had reappeared in my breast was, "wait six months". (The prior month a biopsy from the same area came out "atypical"). Another doctor discovered cancer throughout the breast, the other breast, and some lymph nodes. I learned to be my own advocate when something seems "life threatening". I have Epstein's Barr and fibromyalgia. This is harder to deal with because it's not understood by many doctors, and affects my daily life. I am frustrated with doctors discounting fatique and chronic pain. I don't mention it too often because other symptoms unrelated, like lumps in your breast are discounted too.
Posted at 2:24AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Jan
71. PEOPLE BITCH ABOUT STEROIDS IN SPORTS, BUT ARE YOU AWARE THE AMERICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY PUMPS DAIRY PRODUCTS FULL OF OVER 50 DIFFERENT STEROIDS AND ARTIFICIAL GROWTH HORMONES THAT THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PROVED CAUSE DIABETES AND SEVERAL CANCERS IN PEOPLE- ESPECIALLY CHILDREN... OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT BECAUSE SOMEHOW THE ALERT GOT BURIED ON PAGE 666 JUST LIKE THE TOXIC REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO GOT BURIED BY THIS PIECE OF SHIT PRESIDENT. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT WHATEVER ELSE IS BEING KEPT FROM US. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE DAY WHEN AMERICA BECOMES A DECENT AND HONEST COUNTRY INSTEAD OF THIS SHIT WHAT IT PRESENTLY IS.
Posted at 2:29AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
72. THE REASON THAT SO MANY AMERICANS ARE SICK IS AMERICA MAKES THEM SICK WITH ITS DOMESTIC POLICIES... THE LACK OF CONTROL OVER FOOD SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY... FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IS THE LIST OF DEADLY INGREDIENTS ON CONTAINERS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS ? SURE THEY PUT UP A PICTURE OF SOME POOR LOST KID, BUT THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING OF THE CANCER/DIABETES CAUSING INGREDIENTS. IT'S ALL GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET BECAUSE THERE IN NO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT- NO REAL "HOMELAND SECURITY"... HEZBOLLAH COULD DO A BETTER JOB, I FEAR.
Posted at 2:44AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
73. ANY SANE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR HOME WOULD NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO RATS RUNNING AROUND IN THE KITCHEN... AND SO AMERICANS NEED TO GET OFF THEIR FAT ASSES AND GO KILL SOME RATS.
Posted at 2:48AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
74. DEPRESSION ? YOU'RE GODDAMNED RIGHT I'M DEPRESSED. I HAVE TO LOOK AT A NATION OF SHEEP GET LED TO THE SLAUGHTER BY AN ADMINISTRATION THAT DIVERTS THE NATIONS WEALTH TO FUND KILLINGS. I HAVE TO WATCH A CONGRESS PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON DIDDLING INTERNS AND VOTING THEMSELVES A RAISE THAN THE SOLVING OF THE NATIONS CONCERNS. I HAVE TO WATCH THE GOVERNMENT SIT IDLY BY AS AMERICA SINKS INTO A CONUNDRUM OF CORRUPTION AND POLLUTION. AMERICA'S DEPRESSION BECOMES MY DEPRESSION.
Posted at 2:59AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Addam Bongg
75. ypu have to get rid of those tumors on the pituitary and adrenal glands if they cause symtoms, if there are no symtoms there is nothing to worry about.
Posted at 3:10AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by sandra weisz
76. Screw you people, I've been bleeding from my ass the last five years. Go bi**h about something else. I was intersted by the hair loss thing AOL psoted but it only led to something Google coukd have done better anyway.
Posted at 3:21AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by JP
77. Nora, you mave one of the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes, you should see an oncologist as soon as you can. they will most likely refer you to a general surgeon or surgical oncologist.
Posted at 3:54AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by jack
78. interesting
Posted at 4:09AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Liz
79. I dont want to get prescribed some drug that will leave me dizzy, high blood pressure, liver disease, unable to sleep, or put to sleep, constipated, joint pain, erectile disfunction, or worse dead. I think I will go to the doctor when my arm gets cut off so they can sew it on. that is about it. God know I will be paying doctor bills for the next 50 years if I go for a cold. If I cant pay then they just take everything that I own. Not for me.
Posted at 5:49AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by JP
80. Nora Atwal: you are exactly the person this article "speaks to"...RUN, don't walk, to ANOTHER DOCTOR for a 2nd opinion!!! I mean, c'mon! Let's wait til it gets bigger??!! I would have walked out ON THE SPOT...seriously, go somewhere else, and TODAY...
Posted at 6:09AM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Dawn Herzog