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The Scariest Diseases of All Time

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This is a list of the scariest diseases of all time, as ranked by the Ranker Community. Everyone wants to be healthy from the minute they are born to the last breath they take, but that doesn't always happen. There are a lot of scary, debilitating things that can happen to your body along the way. A slow, wasting sickness or a something that only gives you 3 months to live? How do you rank it?
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  1. 1
    Up 161
    Down 34

    Ebola

  2. 2
    Up 136
    Down 35

    Alzheimer's disease

    Agnosia, Labile affect, Urinary incontinence More
  3. 3
    Up 106
    Down 17

    Necrotizing fasciitis

    Diarrhea, Pain, Pyrexia More
  4. 4
    Up 123
    Down 31

    HIV

    Lymphadenopathy, Headache, Flu-like symptoms More
  5. 5
    Up 77
    Down 34

    Multiple sclerosis

    Fatigue, Dizziness, Constipation More
  7. 6
    Up 82
    Down 16

    Bubonic plague

    Bubo
  8. 7
    Up 76
    Down 15

    Smallpox

    Macule, Enanthem
  9. 8
    Up 79
    Down 26

    Lung cancer

    Fatigue, Cough, Dysphagia More
  10. 9
    Up 47
    Down 14

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  11. 10
    Up 61
    Down 19

    Huntington's disease

    Anxiety, Delusional disorder, Choreoathetosis More
  12. 11
    Up 56
    Down 17

    Parkinson's disease

    Fatigue, Drooling, Constipation More
  13. 12
    Up 58
    Down 23

    Sudden infant death syndrome

  14. 13
    Up 52
    Down 18

    Head and neck cancer

  15. 14
    Up 53
    Down 21

    Breast cancer

    Inverted nipple, Breast lump, Nipple discharge More
  16. 15
    Up 54
    Down 18

    Progeria

  17. 16
    Up 45
    Down 11
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    Throat cancer

    Cough, Dysphagia, Weight loss More
  18. 17
    Up 39
    Down 15

    Malaria

    Pyrexia, Rigor
  19. 18
    Up 17
    Down 10

    Yellow fever

    Constipation, Nausea, Pyrexia More
  20. 19
    Up 44
    Down 11

    Histoid leprosy

  21. 20
    Up 34
    Down 16
    No image

    Lupus erythematosus

    Fatigue, Anxiety, Pyrexia More
  23. 21
    Up 3
    Down 2
    No image

    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

  24. 22
    Up 31
    Down 14

    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

  25. 23
    Up 39
    Down 18

    Heart Disease

    Fatigue, Tachycardia, Dizziness More
  26. 24
    Up 41
    Down 13

    Testicular cancer

    Sexual dysfunction, Hematospermia, Lumbago More
  27. 25
    Up 16
    Down 4

    Fatal familial insomnia

    added by: Seera Sea
  28. 26
    Up 32
    Down 14

    Proteus syndrome

  29. 27
    Up 27
    Down 16

    Herpes genitalis

    Pyrexia, Headache, Dysuria More
  30. 28
    Up 40
    Down 20

    Depression

    Fatigue, Suicidal ideation, Insomnia More
  31. 29
    Up 15
    Down 3
    No image

    Prostate cancer with bone metastasis

  32. 30
    Up 13
    Down 4
    No image

    Lepromatous leprosy

  33. 31
    Up 23
    Down 12

    Poliomyelitis

    Flaccid paralysis
  34. 32
    Up 15
    Down 3

    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Dysphagia, Weight loss, Dysarthria More
  35. 33
    Up 28
    Down 10

    Harlequin type ichthyosis

  36. 34
    Up 19
    Down 4

    Leprosy

    Epistaxis, Macule, Skin lesion More
  37. 35
    Up 10
    Down 7

    Dissociative identity disorder

  38. 36
    Up 10
    Down 6
    No image

    Fournier gangrene

  39. 37
    Up 2
    Down 2
    No image

    Aquagenous Urticaria

  40. 38
    Up 27
    Down 11

    Cervical cancer

    Vaginal bleeding, Dyspareunia, Pelvic pain More
  41. 39
    Up 18
    Down 8

    Skin cancer

    Skin ulcer, Skin lesion, Mole
  42. 40
    Up 19
    Down 3

    Lyme disease

    Pyrexia, Bell's palsy, Meningitis More
  43. 41
    Up 5
    Down 3

    Alien hand syndrome

  44. 42
    Up 16
    Down 2
    No image

    Muscular dystrophy

    Scoliosis, Difficulty walking, Gait abnormality More
  45. 43
    Up 15
    Down 6

    Rabies

    added by: BrandiWolf
  46. 44
    Up 10
    Down 8

    Pulmonary embolism

    Shock, Collapse, Pleuritic chest pain More
  47. 45
    Up 6
    Down 5
    No image

    Bacillary dysentery

  48. 46
    Up 7
    Down 1

    Locked-In syndrome

  49. 47
    Up 2
    Down 0
    No image

    Cystic acne

    added by: averagej123
  50. 48
    Up 16
    Down 12

    Cholera

    Somnolence, Nausea, Diarrhea More
  51. 49
    Up 16
    Down 15
    No image

    Nonsyndromic deafness

  52. 50
    Up 1
    Down 0

    Onchocerciasis

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    1. Emilio Estefan
      The Scariest Diseases of All Time at 2/26/2013 6:30 AM
      scariest diseases OH YEAH
    2. Demon_Boy
      Autism at 5/09/2012 1:00 AM
      I don't know who put AUTISM in the list, but the name of this list is "The Scariest Diseases of all Time" and autism is NOT a disease !!!
    3. dubier
      Bovine spongiform encephalopathy at 5/19/2011 1:33 PM
      "Mad Cow Disease"
    4. dubier
      Necrotizing fasciitis at 5/19/2011 1:33 PM
      Also known as "Flesh Eating Bacteria"

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