it doesn't melt your brain

your t cells attack the membrains of your brain in an effeort to kill the virus

my king in crusader kings 2 was immortal

fucking dumbass t cells

and gotrabies

its like you body tring to fight a cancer but endup attacking it's self

having rabies for hundreds of years, sounds fun

i found out last year im immune to tetanus

which is kinda cool

how did you find that out?

they were doing blood work after and found out i had tetanus

with no symptoms

cool

tetanus is like a shitty version of rabies

yep

it's unlikely to kill you but it can fuck you up

lockjaw is no joke

my gene are like meh,

Well, you can be a carrier of diseases without suffering from them

is that the one that give lockjaw?

Yeah

yes it is

Like how rats and fleas don't give a shit about the plague

something similar happened to me
not tetanus though, but I remember seeing the - on my blood report and I'm like wait waaaaaat so I went back into the office to ask him wtf it was asbout

Is tetanus something you can spread?

probably

Cool

i know you can get it from stepping on rusty nail

iirc

Really it has to be a rusty nail in *dirt*

It's mostly dirt that gives it to you

cutting your foot then walking in dirt after rain is about the best way to get it.

That's specific

Which is why few people get it

I always thought it was from the metal itself

good to know

nah

It's the dirt

yeah same

Laaaame

the metal just is what famously cuts your foot

na it can survive in rust for about 6 monthes though

Metal-based diseases sound so much cooler

Oh, wow.

That's impressive

the spores are what get ya

Did not know bacteria did spores

I am displeased

@Reaps are you gonna tell us what it was?

If I can find the paperwork, yes

I get bloodwork done roughly once a year

covering as many things as I can

oh okay

was it an std?

anyhow they had me on .. metronidazole i think for like 4 months

so i think that means i might have been contagious not sure.

how is it transmitted from person to person?

i would immagen any way things like tb or hep c are

not sure i was jsut told to take the meds and complied

If I'm reading this right, looks like I am immune to Hep B

not quite as exciting as being immune to tetanus I guess

hep b... wouldn;t that make you hella important

I'll tell myself that to improve my self-esteem

Pretty sure they have vaccines for it anyway, surely

https://www.hepatitisaustralia.com/hepatitis-b-facts/

`Global Shortage of Hepatitis B Vaccine`

*I A M T H E C H O S E N O N E*

yeh but i think for people who get it the only way to get saved is injections of antibodies from people who are allready immune

$$$$$$$

a guy who married my cousin got one of the heps and that how they saved him

nvm hep c is the one im thinking of

got it from your cousin?

no got it on a beach in france

lol

it's always the french

on a beach, yeah right

was there an orgy on the beach or just a sand crab crawled into his shorts?

na cut his foot on a beach and got hep c not joking thats actualy a thing

disgusting

your cousin fell for that?

Everything must be cleansed in fire

Especially that guy

So many viruses seem to like hanging out in the liver <:think_cartoon:378717098618388491>

I hope he got it from some other girl and not the beach, that's more horrifying

from what the doctors told him it happens out there from people sweating on the beach.

ew

dude, no

you need like direct blood to blood contact

I thought it did most fluids

aperntly not

or dick to pussy contact

yeah, and apparently virgin birth is a thing cus mary said so

there is this thing called lying that people do sometimes... you might want to look into it

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hepatitis-b/sweat-may-spread-hepatitis-b-virus-idUSCOL17390520070301

`The virus is spread by contact with contaminated blood; for example, from sharing needles or from unsterile tattoo equipment.
Most people have no symptoms. Those who do develop symptoms may have fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite and yellowing of the eyes and skin.

Hepatitis C is treated with antiviral medication. In some people, newer medicines can eradicate the virus.`

Not the right hep, but still

okay, that's between wrestlers

Maybe when he said he got it from some French beach

you just misheard him when he said 'beach'

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