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Diseases of the Presidents of the United States  
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These are the diseases, illnesses and injuries suffered by each U.S. President.

1.	George Washington - Malaria, smallpox, tuberculosis, dysentery, boils (carbuncles), tooth loss, hearing loss, presbyopia, infertility, quinsy, pneumonia, epiglottitis or strep infection of the larynx.
2.	John Adams - Hair loss, depression, boils, heartburn, falling into a coma, hyperthyroidism, porphyria, rheumatism, manic-depressive.
3.	Thomas Jefferson - Cluster/tension headaches, broken/fractured bones, dysentery, depression, rheumatism, constipation, boils, hearing loss, enlarged prostate, Asperger syndrome.
4.	James Madison - Frostbite, frequent illness, hypochondria, inflamed gallbladder (cholecystitis), arthritis, congestive heart failure.
5.	James Monroe - Malaria, gunshot wound, seizure (stroke), heart failure, tuberculosis.
6.	John Quincy Adams - Hairloss, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage.
7.	Andrew Jackson - Sword wound, smallpox, depression, gunshot wound, malaria, dysentery, frequent headaches, tuberculosis, edema (dropsy), heart failure.
8.	Martin Van Buren - Frequent colds, indigestion (dyspepsia), gout, asthma, heart failure.
9.	William H. Harrison - Ulcer, stress, cold, pneumonia, pleurisy, jaundice, septicemia.
10.	John Tyler - Paralysis, dysentery, colds, bilious fever, arthritis, bronchitis, stroke.
11.	James K. Polk - Kidney stone, sterility, cholera, debilitating diarrhea.
12.	Zachary Taylor - Yellow fever, malaria, dysentery, double vision, nearsightedness (myopia), heat stroke, bilious fever, cholera or acute indigestion, arsenic poisoning.
13.	Millard Fillmore - Paralysis and stroke.
14.	Franklin Pierce - Horse riding injury, depression, alcoholism, tuberculosis, cirrhosis of the liver.
15.	James Buchanan - Eye twitch, alcoholism, gout, respiratory failure.
16.	Abraham Lincoln - Color blindness, strabismus (cross eyed), presbyopia, concussion, fractured jaw, malaria, depression, Marfan syndrome, scarlet fever, dental phobia, toothache, smallpox, hairloss, fatal gunshot wound.
17.	Andrew Johnson - Typhoid fever, alcoholism, stroke.
18.	Ulysses S. Grant - Alcoholism, throat cancer (carcinoma of the tonsils and tongue).
19.	Rutherford B. Hayes - Poison ivy dermatitis, heart attack (myocardial infarction).
20.	James Garfield - Malarial fever (ague), cold, upset stomach, anal fissure, infected gunshot wound, heart attack or aortic aneurysm, blood poisoning, pneumonia.
21.	Chester Arthur - Indigestion, gallstone disease, Bright's disease, malaria, hypertension, heart failure, cerebral hemorrhage (hemorrhagic stroke).
22.	Grover Cleveland - Obesity, leg laceration, typhoid fever, jaw (palate) cancer, hearing loss, nephritis, gout, heart attack.
23.	Benjamin Harrison - Food poisoning, scarlet fever, contact dermatitis, nervous breakdown, cold, pneumonia,
24.	William McKinley - Pancreatic necrosis, fatal gunshot wound, blood poisoning.
25.	Theodore Roosevelt - Nearsightedness (myopia), asthma, hyperactivity, gunshot wound, obesity, detached retina, blind in one eye, throat infection, thigh abscess, middle ear infection, deafness in one ear, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary embolism.
26.	William H. Taft - Skull fracture and head injury due to wagon accident, typhoid fever, severe obesity, dengue fever, perineal abscess, dysentery, food poisoning, heartburn, sleep apnea, motion sickness, constipation, headache, gout, eye injury, pink eye, lower back pain (lumbago), hypertension, carpal tunnel syndrome, atrial fibrillation, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic cystitis, atherosclerosis, myocarditis, heart failure.
27.	Woodrow Wilson - Dyslexia, eye twitches, atherosclerosis, headache, cold, hypertension, multiple strokes.
28.	Warren Harding - Nervous breakdown, mumps, nasal allergy, mild aphasia, dermatitis, infertility, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, stroke, pneumonia, food poisoning, heart attack.
29.	Calvin Coolidge - Depression, heart failure.
30.	Herbert Hoover - Croup (strep throat or laryngitis), measles, mumps, diphtheria, chicken pox, hatchet injury to finger, burn injury to foot, gall bladder disease, shingles, intestinal cancer, deafness, near blindness, pneumonia, gastrointestinal bleeding.
31.	Franklin D. Roosevelt - Polio, hypertension, hemorrhoids, anemia, melanoma, anorexia, indigestion, sebaceous cyst, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, angina, cholecystitis, cerebral hemorrhage.
32.	Harry Truman - Farsightedness (hyperopia), diphtheria, dizziness, sleeplessness, horse riding injury, sore throat, asthma, gall bladder disease, allergy to medications, hernia, broken ribs, lung congestion, heart failure.
33.	Dwight Eisenhower - Appendicitis, seborrheic keratosis, arthritis, Crohn's disease, anxiety, depression, bowel obstruction, stroke, cholecystitis, prostatic hyperthropy, heart disease, multiple heart attacks (myocardial infarctions).
34.	John F. Kennedy - Scarlet fever, measles, knee injury, bronchitis, jaundice, rubella, whooping cough, colitis, osteoporosis, presbyopia, diphtheria, sexually transmitted prostatitis and urinary tract infection, malaria, Addison disease, fatal gunshot wound.
35.	Lyndon Johnson - Angina, gall bladder disease, heart disease, multiple heart attacks.
36.	Richard Nixon - Phlebitis, "furious eye blinking", stroke.
37.	Gerald Ford - Actinomycosis (with tongue abscess), pneumonia, stroke.
38.	Jimmy Carter - Severe chronic hemorrhoids.
39.	Ronald Reagan - Nearsightedness (myopia), pneumonia, fractured thigh bone, urinary tract infections, prostate stones, Temporomandibular joints (TMJ) disease, arthritis, hay fever, gunshot wound, collapsed lung, hearing loss, colon polyp and cancer, basal cell carcinoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate), gastroenteritis, epidural hematoma, Alzheimer's disease, hip fracture, pneumonia.
40.	George HW Bush - Staph infection, bleeding ulcers, arthritis, mucoid cyst, sebaceous cyst, glaucoma, eye sty, atrial fibrillation, hyperthyroidism, Graves disease (a form of goiter), depression, vomiting and fainting, actinic keratosis.
41.	Bill Clinton - Gasteroesophageal reflux (GERD), rectal bleeding, knee injury, allergy, torn knee tendon, sebaceous cyst, basal cell carcinoma, acne rosacea, angina, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, sexual addiction.
42.	George W. Bush - Hemorrhoids, benign colon polyps, alcoholism, cocaine abuse, actinic keratosis, loss of consciousness (syncope), knee injury (torn meniscus).

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Comments: This stuff was good to know I guess, but I thought George W. also had "foot in mouth" disease, doesn't he? Comment by: TrailerGuyBob Unpleasant. Comment by: buccicone.2 Oooo good one TrailerGuyBob! Comment by: buccicone.2 What, no syphilis? Comment by: Zeb_Zebo