List of Invisible Illnesses

Invisible illnesses range from acoustic neuroma to vison impairment and restricted vision. Help us grow this list of 87 invisible illnesses for full representation.

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Invisible illnesses can feel silent and make you feel alone. Photo credit to mallivan at rf123.com.

• Acoustic neuroma

• AIDS

• Allergies

• Alzheimer’s disease

• Ankylosing spondylitis

• Anxiety disorders

• Arachnoiditis

• Arthritis

• Asperger Syndrome

• Asthma

• Attention deficit disorder/attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD)

• Auditory impairment

• Autism (and autism spectrum disorder)

• Autoimmune disorders

• Bipolar disorder

• Brain injuries

• Cancer

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

• Chronic dizziness

• Chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis

• Chronic pain

• Circadian rhythm sleep disorders

• Celiac disease

• Cognitive impairment

• Crohn’s disease

• Cystic fibrosis

• Deafness and hearing loss

• Depression

• Diabetes

• Dyslexia

• Ehler’s Danlos syndrome

• Endometriosis

• Epilepsy

• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)

• Fibromyalgia

• Food allergies

• Fructose malabsorption

• Hereditary fructose intolerance

• Hyperhidrosis

• Hyperglycemia

• Incontinence: bladder or bowel

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Interstitial cystitis

• Irritable bowel syndrome

• Lactose intolerance

• Learning differences

• Loeys-Dietz syndrome

• Long haul covid brain fog

• Lupus

• Lyme disease

• Mental illness

• Metabolic syndrome

• Migraines

• Multiple sclerosis

• Multiple chemical sensitivity

• Myasthenia gravis

• Narcolepsy

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

• Pandas

• Personality disorders

• Polycystic kidney disease

• Postpartum depression

• Postural tachycardia syndrome

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Primary immunodeficiency

• Psoriatic arthritis

• Psychiatric disabilities

• Recovering alcoholic / addict

• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

• Renal failure

• Repetitive stress injuries

• Respiratory conditions

• Restless leg syndrome

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Schizophrenia

• Schnitzler’s syndrome

• Scleroderma

• Sensory and processing difficulties

• Sjogren’s syndrome

• Sleep disorders

• Temporomandibular joint disorder

• Transverse myelitis

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

• Ulcerative colitis

• Usher syndrome

• Vasculitis

• Vision impairment and restricted vision

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*Original list sourced from University of Massachusetts Amherst web site (www.umass.edu). All subsequent updates are my own based on personal knowledge or feedback from readers.