Well… not exactly. Most viruses don’t cause cancer but there are a good number of viruses that do. HTLV-1 and 2 (human T lymphoyropic virus) is strongly associated with adult T cell lymphoma, for example. And probably the most classic example of autoimmune disease -> viral infection -> cancer is Kaposi sarcoma. Patients with AIDS will get infected with HHV-8 (a type of herpes virus) and will then develop Kaposi’s sarcoma as a direct result.

They’re actually called oncoviruses, and are pretty well studied. Fascinating subject to research.

Ahh, gotcha - that makes sense to have more details stored somewhere else. From my incredibly inpatient centered viewpoint, I might leave out the dental work in order to squeeze in those diagnoses/medical history, but considering it’s meant primarily as a general health overview for dental as well as medical, I can see an argument for both. Thanks for sharing this infographic!

Great graphic! I think that it’s really important that people know their own medical history, especially given how every single hospital seems to use their own EHR and transfer between two different systems can be next to impossible.

As a medical student/ex medical assistant, there’s a couple tweaks that I’d like to see:

First, I’d like more of a medical history. The surgical and procedural history is great, but there isn’t any medical history proper (i.e. diagnoses - what did they see on the echo? Did they ever figure out the cause of that idiopathic neuropathy?) Similarly, the procedures listed don’t have any indications associated with them. For instance, why was that echo/stress test ordered?

Second, a section for medications would be great too. (You may not be taking any medications after you stopped the panic/depression meds in 2012, but it would be convenient just to jot down “no medications or supplements” somewhere.) In the same vein, any known allergies would be good to list.

Either way, if I sat down in a room with you and you handed me this on a sheet of paper, the first thing I would think is “wow, this person’s incredibly invested in their own health.” That alone is worth a TON. Good luck with your health moving forward!