Most disorders/diseases are too complex to have a short name that accuratley describes what they are so I don't think a disorder being 'poorly' named is that big of a deal.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, this is why I am a fan of naming them after patient zero, or the first to diagnose etc.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The WHO discourages this because people will start associating the name with the disease. Which sucks if you happen to have this name. See Tourette's, or Chagas disease.

You can read a bit about it here.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

We should name diseases after members of uncontactable tribes. We just need to ask them for their names and ... shit.

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