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3rd Degree Sideburns

Cause - Wistful longing for the 1970s.

Symptoms - Big hair, flares, platforms and glitter make-up.

Cure - The Psychiatry staff must, using up-to-date techniques, convince the patient that these hairy accoutrements are rubbish.

Alien DNA

Cause - Face huggers equipped with intelligent alien blood.

Symptoms - Gradual alien metamorphosis and desire to destroy our cities.

Cure - The DNA is mechanically removed, cleaned of alien elements and replaced quickly.

Baldness

Cause - Telling lies and making up stories to be popular.

Symptoms - Shiny-headedness and embarrassment.

Cure - Hair is seamlessly melded onto the patient's head using a painful machine.

Bloaty Head

Cause - Sniffing cheese and drinking unpurified rainwater.

Symptoms - Very uncomfortable for the sufferer.

Cure - The swollen head is popped, then reinflated to the correct PSI using a clever machine.

Broken Heart

Cause - Someone richer, younger and thinner than the patient.

Symptoms - Weeping and RSI caused by hours of tearing up holiday photos.

Cure - Two Surgeons open the chest and gently mend the heart whilst holding their breath.

Broken Wind

Cause - Using a gymnasium treadmill after a meal.

Symptoms - Upsetting the people directly behind the patient.

Cure - A heavy mixture of special watery atoms is drunk rapidly in the Pharmacy.

Chronic Nosehair

Cause - Sniffing disdainfully at those worse off than the patient.

Symptoms - Nosebeard a badger could make a nest in.

Cure - A disgusting hair-removal potion is taken orally, prepared by a Nurse in the Pharmacy.

Corrugated Ankles

Cause - Driving over traffic calming measures in road.

Symptoms - Footwear does not fit snugly.

Cure - A slightly toxic blend of herbs and spices is drunk to straighten out the ankles.

Discrete Itching

Cause - Tiny insects with sharp teeth.

Symptoms - Scratching, leading to body-part inflammation.

Cure - Patient drinks a pharmaceutical gluey syrup to prevent the skin from itching.

Fake Blood

Cause - Patient usually subject of practical joke.

Symptoms - Red fluid in veins which evaporates on contact with clothing.

Cure - Psychiatric calming is the only way to deal with this problem.

Fractured Bones

Cause - Falling off high things onto concrete.

Symptoms - Loud crack and inability to use afflicted limbs.

Cure - The cast is set then removed using a laser-driven removing machine.

Gastric Ejections

Cause - Spicy Mexican or Indian food.

Symptoms - Hlf-digested food is emitted from the patient in random clusters.

Cure - Drinking a special binding solution prevents anything being ejected.

Golf Stones

Cause - Exposure to poison gas inside golf-balls.

Symptoms - Delirium and advanced shame.

Cure - These must be removed by an operation requiring two Surgeons.

Gut Rot

Cause - Mrs. O'Malley's Good Time Whisky Cough Mixture.

Symptoms - No cough but no stomach-wall lining either.

Cure - A Nurse can administer a selection of dissolved chemicals to coat the tum.

Hairyitis

Cause - Prolonged exposure to the moon.

Symptoms - Sufferers experience enhanced sense of smell.

Cure - An electrolysis machine removes the hair and seals up the pores.

Heaped Piles

Cause - Standing around by water coolers.

Symptoms - Patient feels like he/she is sitting on a bag of marbles.

Cure - A pleasant, yet powerfully acidic drink dissolves the piles from the inside.

Infectious Laughter

Cause - Classic situation comedy.

Symptoms - Helpless chortling and repetition of unfunny catchphrases.

Cure - A qualified Psychiatrist must remind the patient how serious this condition is.

Invisibility

Cause - Being bitten by a radioactive (and invisible) ants.

Symptoms - Patients suffer no discomfort. Indeed, many use the condition to play practical jokes on their families.

Cure - A colourful liquid drunk in the Pharmacy soon restores the patient to full observability.

Iron Lungs

Cause - Inner-city smog mixed with kebab remains.

Symptoms - Ability to breathe fire and shout loudly underwater.

Cure - Two Surgeons operate to remove the cast solid lungs in the Theatre.

Jellyitis

Cause - Gelatin-rich diet and too much exercise.

Symptoms - Excessive wobbliness and falling down a lot.

Cure - The patient is immersed in the Jelly Vat in a special room for a bit.

Kidney Beans

Cause - Crunching up ice cubes in drinks.

Symptoms - Pain and frequent trips to the toilet.

Cure - Two Surgeons must remove the beans without touching the sides of the kidney.

King Complex

Cause - The spirit of the King entering the patient's mind and taking over

Symptoms - Donning of colourful suede footwear and eating cheeseburgers.

Cure - A Psychiatrist tells the patient how ridiculous he or she looks.

Pregnancy (available as seperate add-on only)

Cause - Power cuts in urban areas.

Symptoms - Faddish eating with consequent beer gut.

Cure - Baby is removed in Operating Theatre, washed and presented to patient.

Ruptured Nodules

Cause - Bungee jumping in cold weather.

Symptoms - Inability to sit down in comfort.

Cure - Two qualified Surgeons must removed the nodules using steady hands.

Serious Radiation

Cause - Mistaking plutonium isotopes for chewing gum.

Symptoms - Patients with this condition feel very, very unwell.

Cure - The patient must be placed in a Decontamination Shower and cleansed properly.

Slack Tongue

Cause - Chronic overdiscussion of soap operas.

Symptoms - Tongue swells to five times its original length.

Cure - The tongue is placed in the Slicer Machine, and removed quickly, efficiently and painfully.

Sleeping Illness

Cause - Overactive sleep gland in the roof of the mouth.

Symptoms - Overwhelming desire to crash out everywhere.

Cure - A high dosage of powerful stimulant is administered by a Nurse.

Spare Ribs

Cause - Sitting on cold stone floors.

Symptoms - Unpleasant feeling of chestiness.

Cure - These must be taken out by two Surgeons, and given to the patient in a doggy bag.

Sweaty Palms

Cause - Fear of job interviews.

Symptoms - Handshakes with patient are like grabbing a recently submerged sponge.

Cure - A Psychiatrist must talk the patient out of this made-up disease.

The Squits

Cause - Eating pizza found under the cooker.

Symptoms - Ugh. Surely you can guess.

Cure - A glutinous mix of stringy pharmaceutical chemicals solidify the patients innards.

Transparency

Cause - Licking the yogurt from the foil tops of opened pots.

Symptoms - Flesh is rendered see-through and horrible.

Cure - A Pharmacy drink of specially cooled and coloured water cures this disease.

TV Personalities

Cause - Daytime television.

Symptoms - Delusions of being able to present a cookery show.

Cure - A trained Psychiatrist must convince the patient to sell their TV and buy a radio.

Uncommon Cold

Cause - Small particles of snot in the air.

Symptoms - Runny nose, sneezing and discoloured lungs.

Cure - A big swig of uncommon cough medicine made from special ingredients in the Pharmacy will cure this.

Unexpected Swelling

Cause - Anything unexpected.

Symptom - Swelling.

Cure - The swelling can only be reduced by lancing during an operation requiring two Surgeons.