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I Need Some Help! Trivia Quiz


It's no fun to have an illness, but they say that laughter is the best medicine. I hope these questions bring a chuckle. American spelling is used.

A multiple-choice quiz by nannywoo. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
nannywoo
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
358,195
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1918
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. I need some help! I think the doctor said I have tin in my pedals. I haven't been on my bicycle in days, but my feet itch. Do you know what tinea pedis might be? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I need some help! I think the doctor said I'm a planter of fishes. I never planted a fish in my life! I just went because my foot hurt. What inflammation do you think I have? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. I need some help! I went to the doctor with digestive problems, and she said I have "silly hack disease"! I don't drive a cab! What autoimmune disease affecting the lining of the small intestine might I have? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I need some help! I am having chronic digestive problems, and the doctor says my vowels might be in a bad mood. She spelled it out - "IBS" - so the vowels wouldn't hear. She must have a Ph.D. in Linguistics instead of a medical degree. What intestinal syndrome could I have? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I need some help! My hand started acting on its own, and I have no control over it. The doctor mumbled something about creatures from outer space and Dr. Strangelove! What brain-generated disorder do I have? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I need some help! I've been eating foreign substances like chalk, starch, and paint chips. The doctor is no help. He called me a piker! But maybe that's the name of the disease. What disease do I have? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I need some help! I have been feeling tired, and my teeth are loose. The doctor used a word I've heard to describe pirates! I angrily growled, "Arrrrr!" But he said, "Not R! C! You need vitamin C." What nutritional deficiency disease do I have? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I need some help! I am turning into a unicorn. A small horn is growing from my forehead. The doctor must think I need an exorcism, because he suddenly started speaking to me in Latin! What Latin term is used for keratinous skin tumors that look like horns, wood, or coral? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I need some help! I've been having pain in my joints, but the doctor is saying it's because Arthur eyed us. She's positively medieval, believing in the evil eye! Besides, nobody was looking at us. I wonder what she really meant? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I need some help! I have a serious pain deep in my leg, and the doctor is sending me to the hospital "stat"! But, I'm puzzled. He said my leg hurts because "flea bite us" - that's not even grammatical! What does the doctor mean? Hint



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1. I need some help! I think the doctor said I have tin in my pedals. I haven't been on my bicycle in days, but my feet itch. Do you know what tinea pedis might be?

Answer: athlete's foot

Tinea pedis is a fungal infection with the common name of athlete's foot. Antifungal creams and powders can be bought over the counter to treat athlete's foot. You may avoid reinfection by keeping feet clean and dry, changing socks often, and wearing shower shoes in public pool areas.
2. I need some help! I think the doctor said I'm a planter of fishes. I never planted a fish in my life! I just went because my foot hurt. What inflammation do you think I have?

Answer: plantar fasciitis

The plantar fascia is the thick pad of connective tissue on the bottom of the human foot. When this tissue becomes inflamed, the condition is called plantar fasciitis. It has also been called "policeman's heel" because it can be caused by walking and standing for long periods of time, although other causes, especially issues of calcium balance, may be involved.
3. I need some help! I went to the doctor with digestive problems, and she said I have "silly hack disease"! I don't drive a cab! What autoimmune disease affecting the lining of the small intestine might I have?

Answer: celiac disease

Celiac disease - also called "sprue" or "gluten intolerance" - affects the villi on the lining of the small intestine so that some foods cannot be properly absorbed. The disease is associated with eating grains that contain gluten. While symptoms vary, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other gastrointestinal distress are typical. It is treated by zealously remaining on a gluten-free diet.
4. I need some help! I am having chronic digestive problems, and the doctor says my vowels might be in a bad mood. She spelled it out - "IBS" - so the vowels wouldn't hear. She must have a Ph.D. in Linguistics instead of a medical degree. What intestinal syndrome could I have?

Answer: irritable bowel syndrome

Patients suffering with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) may suffer even more because the name of their disease sounds so trivial that it may be dismissed as something in the patient's mind, even by physicians. Stress and the brain's response to continuous pain play a part, causing the gut to spasm, leading to the alternate term "spastic colitis" and similar names. Abdominal pain and bowel issues are debilitating, and symptoms may interfere with work and relationships.
5. I need some help! My hand started acting on its own, and I have no control over it. The doctor mumbled something about creatures from outer space and Dr. Strangelove! What brain-generated disorder do I have?

Answer: alien hand syndrome

Sometimes called "anarchic hand" or "Dr.Strangelove syndrome" for the character played by Peter Sellers in the movie by that name, "alien hand syndrome" is a phenomenon that can occur after the two hemispheres of the brain lose communication between each other through injury, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, surgical treatment for epilepsy, etc.

The person with this syndrome perceives the affected hand as separate from the rest of the body in some ways, seemingly having an agency of its own, outside the control of the conscious mind. No cure is known, but the alien hand can be "kept busy" by holding something while the person carries out the normal tasks of living. Merkwürdigliebe is Strangelove's birth name, which means essentially the same thing as "strange love" in German, but it has not been applied to the alien hand syndrome. Phantom limb syndrome is a similar phenomenon in that the brain perceives something different from reality: an arm or leg is felt to be present after it has been amputated. "UFO Syndrome" is the name of a 1980 "documentary" about visitors from outer space.
6. I need some help! I've been eating foreign substances like chalk, starch, and paint chips. The doctor is no help. He called me a piker! But maybe that's the name of the disease. What disease do I have?

Answer: pica

Pica is a disease most often seen in women and children, and is sometimes associated with malnutrition, especially deficiency of iron or zinc, although it may have a cultural basis and many children go through stages of eating foreign materials. The cravings in both children and adults are known to disappear on their own, but they may be long-lasting obsessions. Complications include malnutrition, lead poisoning (especially in children), infection, bezoars (masses of undigested material, like hairballs) and other intestinal obstructions. Pick's disease is a form of dementia. Petechia are minor hemorrhages, a symptom rather than a disease. Pike syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that gets its name from an experiment with the pike fish, a voracious eater of minnows that will stop trying to feed after being repeatedly thwarted by a glass wall.
7. I need some help! I have been feeling tired, and my teeth are loose. The doctor used a word I've heard to describe pirates! I angrily growled, "Arrrrr!" But he said, "Not R! C! You need vitamin C." What nutritional deficiency disease do I have?

Answer: scurvy

Movie pirates, at least, get called "scurvy cur" or something to that effect. Most of us know the history of vitamin deficiencies aboard ships during the age of discovery and exploration, when mariners (including pirates) got scurvy from eating only non-perishable foods like hardtack and salt meats. British sailors came to be called "limeys" because they were given citrus fruits to prevent scurvy. Fictional pirates also call each other "poxy" - as their real life counterparts undoubtedly did - but "pox" in this case usually referred to venereal disease.

The adjective "rickettsial" refers to another vitamin deficiency disease, rickets, but pirates probably didn't call each other that. The word "doltish" is a way of referring to a person's mental capacity or behavior, not his health.
8. I need some help! I am turning into a unicorn. A small horn is growing from my forehead. The doctor must think I need an exorcism, because he suddenly started speaking to me in Latin! What Latin term is used for keratinous skin tumors that look like horns, wood, or coral?

Answer: cornu cutaneum

A "cornu cutaneum" or cutaneous horn is composed of keratin, the same substance as fingernails, and it is linked with the same sort of human papilloma virus that causes warts. It also seem to be connected with long-term exposure to UV radiation. The conical growths can grow anywhere on the body.

They are malignant (squamous cell carcinoma) in some cases, but the majority are benign. Occipital horn disease is a genetic condition related to the body's use of copper that causes skin and skeletal abnormalities, but it wouldn't cause a horn to grow on the forehead; projections would instead be on the back of the skull.

The word "rhinocerotidae" is the family name of the rhinoceros. The word "unicornitis" is my invention.
9. I need some help! I've been having pain in my joints, but the doctor is saying it's because Arthur eyed us. She's positively medieval, believing in the evil eye! Besides, nobody was looking at us. I wonder what she really meant?

Answer: arthritis

In my childhood in Mississippi, the old lady's husband thought she was talking about being in bed with another man named "Arthur Itis" when she was actually complaining about pain in her joints that kept her from getting up. The joke reflects the way the word was pronounced by country people. Arthritis (three syllables, rather than the old lady's four) refers to the inflammation of joints, the areas where bones meet and articulate.

The most common type is osteoarthritis, probably what the old lady had, but several types exist, including rheumatoid arthritis (in both adults and children), ankylosing spondylitis, and lupus.

These are categorized as autoimmune diseases.
10. I need some help! I have a serious pain deep in my leg, and the doctor is sending me to the hospital "stat"! But, I'm puzzled. He said my leg hurts because "flea bite us" - that's not even grammatical! What does the doctor mean?

Answer: phlebitis

Phlebitis is the inflammation of a vein, usually in the leg, that may also include blood clots (thrombosis). Thrombophlebitis is a serious condition that calls for immediate medical treatment, because blood clots can break free and travel to the heart or lungs through the bloodstream. Phosphoresence has to do with glowing light; fibrositis involves inflammation of fibrous tissue that is more chronic than life-threatening. None of these conditions have anything to do with flea bites.
Source: Author nannywoo

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