You’ve just been diagnosed with a subtype of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. So what’s the good news? Well, chances are you have a disease with one of the strangest names ever concocted. The following is far from an exhaustive list of the possibilities. Going from the most mundane to the most exotic, you could have:
New Guinea Lung
Dry Rot Lung
Furrier’s Lung
Malt Worker’s Lung
Mushroom Worker’s Lung
Wood Pulp Worker’s Lung
Dog House Disease
Fishmeal Worker’s Lung
Hard Metal Disease
Wheat Weevil Lung
Pauli’s Reagent Lung
Vineyard Sprayer’s Lung
Rat Handler’s Lung
Washing Powder Lung
Sauna Taker’s Disease
Pituitary Snuff Taker’s Disease
Sewage Sludge Disease
Cheese Washer’s Lung
Paprika Splitter’s Lung
Maple Bark Stripper’s Disease
There. Don’t you feel better?