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NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:48 am
by nbalife
Many people would think that NBA Players are in perfect health due to their physical abilities. However they are normal people just like us and are suspectible to health issues. Matter of fact a lot of nba players face health issues on a daily basis. Conditions such as depression and ocd are common. However there are a few players with really rare medical conditions such as steve nash and randy foye.This video below will discuss NBA Players that suffered through rare medical conditions throughout their career:
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Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:50 am
by spacemonkey
The most crazy thing is that life expectancy of 7-footers is so drastically increased by the NBA (and the money it provides) that it skews the whole average, and most people would be ridiculously surprised at how young 7-footers truly die.
There's a reason being that tall is so rare, and it ain't because it's all peaches and cream, health-wise.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:07 am
by baldur
Royce White comes to mind. he had a panic attack or anxiety disorder?
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:12 am
by HotTubMike
Adam Morrison has Type 1 Diabetes... not in the league anymore obviously but he had type 1 when he was.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:19 am
by TMU
baldur wrote:Royce White comes to mind. he had a panic attack or anxiety disorder?
Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and narcissistic personality disorder. All of which that aren't rare.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:21 am
by illuminati666
Charlie Villanueva, remember him
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:36 am
by TMU
Randy Foye: situs Inversus
Charlie V: alopecia areata universalis
Isiah Austin: marfan syndrome
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:48 am
by CarMalone
Javale McGee - No brain
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:54 am
by Bolivar
Fultz - unknown
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:55 am
by Cappy_Smurf
illuminati666 wrote:Charlie Villanueva, remember him
I was really sad when i found out he was a cancer patient.
And to think, nobody would have know if KG hadn't brought it to everyone's attention.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am
by Golden Knight
Isaiah Austin (Marfan Syndrome) - he was never drafted but was made a ceremonial pick by Adam Silver during the 2014 NBA Draft. he was medically cleared to play in 2016. Signed last week to play in Lebanon. Naturalized player for the Philippine National Team.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:13 am
by THE J0KER
Here are the cases of several players which have the same dangerous career treating Medical Conditions:
Alonzo Mourning and Sean Elliott - focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Chris Bosh and Mirza Teletovic - pulmonary embolism
Lamar Odom, Kris Humphries, Tristan Thompson, and Chandler Parsons - the Kardashians
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:13 am
by LakersLegacy
Does anyone know if any NBA players have asthma?
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:23 am
by SlowPaced
Isaiah Austin is also blind in one eye, which is not rare in general but rare for a basketball player.
Again in the same sense, Tracy McGrady had scoliosis. Being someone who has scoliosis, I know that you're strongly adviced not to play basketball when you have it.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:20 am
by batmana
Bolivar wrote:Fultz - unknown
A generation from now doctors may call it Fultz syndrome... or just "The Fultz" (as in "he's got the Fultz").
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:33 am
by 76ciology
Carmelo Anthony - Tunnel Vision
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:23 am
by Slava
Nance Jr has Crohn's disease.
Nance was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when he was 16 years old. However, for several years before he received an official diagnosis, he suffered from symptoms of the disease – painful cramping, weight loss, fatigue, and stunted growth - with fatigue being the most debilitating. The extreme tiredness, a common symptom experienced by patients living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, impacted his life majorly.
“I didn’t deal with [the fatigue] well. I laid around the house all day, I had no energy [to do anything],” he said. “I slept in class and I wasn’t that kind of kid… I didn’t have the energy to practice or play [any sports].”
After several years exhibiting symptoms, his parents realized that something was seriously wrong and took him to see the doctor. After performing a few diagnostic tests, Nance was diagnosed with Crohn’s.
http://online.ccfa.org/site/PageNavigator/awareness_hero_larrynancejr.htmlHe'd probably have gone to a much bigger college program than Wyoming if he was diagnosed earlier.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:38 am
by airaaron32
LakersLegacy wrote:Does anyone know if any NBA players have asthma?
Javale McGee,
Anthony Bennett, Richard Jefferson.
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:46 am
by BobanSmash
Don't know if it counts as medical condition as it was result of surgeries, but Dejuan Blair had no ACL's in either knee
Re: NBA Players With Rare Medical Conditions
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:47 am
by Kabookalu
Every time Ben Wallace shoots the ball his wrists goes out of place, and he always has to pop it back in. I don't know the exact condition of this nor the details, I remember the commentators mentioning it when he was at the free throw line one game.