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Some Doctors are wondering if trumps behavior is the result of Untreated Syphilis (Original Post) tomhagen Nov 2017 OP
No need to slander a crazy man. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #1
slander? if it came out he had syphilis, he'd joke and brag about how he got it. unblock Nov 2017 #4
I have all the best Treponema pallidum bacteriums. The best! Bigly. FSogol Nov 2017 #23
nixon had spiro agnew, i have spiro chetes! unblock Nov 2017 #24
OMG, rofl FSogol Nov 2017 #25
Awesome! IUPACify Nov 2017 #32
To be honest, the thought has crossed my mind. appleannie1943 Nov 2017 #26
There's no proof the orange one contracted syphilis from goats Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #2
I thought it was sheep!!!!! niyad Nov 2017 #9
Ponder this factoid: sheep and goats will occasionally mate. Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #10
I must keep that in mind, and spread the word. niyad Nov 2017 #11
Yup! And we all know where that leads!!! longship Nov 2017 #16
I was looking for the one toward the end, where wilder is in an alley, totally derelict, niyad Nov 2017 #17
Try this one. A bit longer. longship Nov 2017 #18
no, that one isn't it either. I had checked that one earlier. but I do love those scenes. niyad Nov 2017 #33
I've never heard of dementia being referred to as a psychological disorder. Siwsan Nov 2017 #3
untreated? come on! if he had syphilis, his gastroenterologist would be all over that! unblock Nov 2017 #5
Yeah, right! Scarsdale Nov 2017 #7
Tertiary syphilis can result from years/decades of asymptomatic dormant infection... hlthe2b Nov 2017 #8
Doesn't tertiary syphilis also manifest in open sores? milestogo Nov 2017 #21
Decades earlier there would have been some symptoms, but left untreated one can have hlthe2b Nov 2017 #22
He did have a ton of sex with Questionable Models in the 80s tomhagen Nov 2017 #6
Really, you call his victims questionable? lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #19
This theory could explain a great deal Gothmog Nov 2017 #12
Just Requires One Reporter to ask the Question. tomhagen Nov 2017 #13
This is great. The media should be flooded with the story. Who knows? Just sayin..... jalan48 Nov 2017 #14
I was wondering about him having Faux pas Nov 2017 #15
Could be Lyme. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #20
Fake news. But hahahahaha Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #27
Since it is late stage, I doubt it. appleannie1943 Nov 2017 #28
Many people gibraltar72 Nov 2017 #29
That would be a combat injury for tRump. His Viet Nam was avoiding doc03 Nov 2017 #30
Assholism plain and simple . He's a mean old greedy bigot perv, you don't catch that lunasun Nov 2017 #31

unblock

(51,974 posts)
4. slander? if it came out he had syphilis, he'd joke and brag about how he got it.
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 12:16 PM
Nov 2017

and the 33% who continue to support him would sign up to get it, too.

niyad

(112,435 posts)
9. I thought it was sheep!!!!!
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:02 PM
Nov 2017

(was thinking of gene wilder in "everything you always wanted to know about sex' when he falls in love with a sheep.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
10. Ponder this factoid: sheep and goats will occasionally mate.
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:23 PM
Nov 2017

And there's still no proof the orange one contracted syphilis from goats

niyad

(112,435 posts)
17. I was looking for the one toward the end, where wilder is in an alley, totally derelict,
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:11 PM
Nov 2017

and drinking from a bottle of woolite.

longship

(40,416 posts)
18. Try this one. A bit longer.
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:18 PM
Nov 2017


Wish I wasn't at the end of my download limit. Otherwise I would check my video posts. It resets tomorrow. Sorry. This one is over 8:00. Hope it has the Woolite part, which is classic.




Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
3. I've never heard of dementia being referred to as a psychological disorder.
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 12:15 PM
Nov 2017

Perhaps delirium can be psychological but I always thought that dementia is the result of a pathology/disease process.

I have no doubt a number of trump*'s issues are psychological, in nature. He has always been a narcissistic jerk. But I am willing to bet that what is going on now stems from a disease process, whether genetic or acquired.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. Yeah, right!
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 12:34 PM
Nov 2017

Would that be the dr. who said he will be the most fit president EVER? Al Capone died of syphyliss, so the two crooks have something in common.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
8. Tertiary syphilis can result from years/decades of asymptomatic dormant infection...
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 12:42 PM
Nov 2017

and when neurosyphilitic symptoms are finally diagnosed, is essentially untreatable. So, while this is a wild theory, it is not without some medical basis.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
22. Decades earlier there would have been some symptoms, but left untreated one can have
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:55 PM
Nov 2017

many years asymptomatic. That's the point. The bacteria that causes it is a spirochete (as is the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease). As a class, spirochetal bacteria are very good at remaining hidden (latent) to cause later problems if not treated effectively, completely, and early. This is a rare phenomenon in modernity, but it does occur.

Faux pas

(14,583 posts)
15. I was wondering about him having
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:49 PM
Nov 2017

Untreated Syphilis a few weeks back. Nice to know the medical community agrees with me!

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
28. Since it is late stage, I doubt it.
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 03:15 PM
Nov 2017

General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia, is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, classified as an organic mental disorder and caused by the chronic meningoencephalitis that leads to cerebral atrophy in late-stage syphilis.

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