What diseases can you have and not know?

7 terrifying diseases you could have without knowing it

• Heart disease. There are several diseases linked to the heart.
• Colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon) is difficult to detect with a colonoscopy.
• Glaucoma.
• Huntington’s disease.
• Hypertension.
• Deep vein thrombosis.
• Chlamydia.

What are some rare medical conditions?

Five rare diseases you never knew existed

• Stoneman Syndrome. Frequency: one in two million people.
• Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) Frequency: currently unknown.
• Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) Frequency: one in four million.
• Alkaptonuria.
• Chronic Focal Encephalitis (Rasmussen’s Encephalitis)

What is it called when you don’t know you have a disease?

Somatic symptom disorder. Illness anxiety disorder, sometimes called hypochondriasis or health anxiety, is worrying excessively that you are or may become seriously ill. You may have no physical symptoms.

How is hypochondria diagnosed?

A persistent fear about having a serious illness or developing one is the top symptom of illness anxiety disorder. Your provider may diagnose illness anxiety disorder if you have health anxiety (or other illness anxiety disorder symptoms) for six months or longer even after tests show that you’re not sick.

What happens if an employee doesn’t disclose a medical condition?

If an employee doesn’t disclose but is then disciplined or fired for performance reasons, revealing a hidden diagnosis at that point will have no effect. The disciplinary action or termination will stand, says Mark J. Heyrman, retired clinical professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Should you disclose a medical diagnosis early?

Disclosing a medical diagnosis early can be important with conditions likely to impact the quality of your work at some point—such as MS, which has an unpredictable path.

Should you disclose a neurologic condition to your work?

For many people with neurologic conditions, disclosing is a difficult decision, especially if their diagnosis doesn’t affect their work. They may fear being labeled unfit or unable—or worse, being fired—despite protections put in place by the ADA, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and a host of state and local discrimination laws.

Should you tell your employer if you have a chronic illness?

There’s also the chance an employer will be angry if after months or years on the job you disclose you have a chronic illness that now requires accommodations. If that happens, Joffe says, point out that your disability hadn’t been a problem previously.