Second Most Common Cause Thread

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laxman310

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I thought a thread which listed the SECOND most common cause of things would be interesting, as all of us can easily find the most common cause, but second most common is harder to come by.

Heres one to start:

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer in men, right after skin cancer.
 
Prostate cancer causes cancer?! :scared:

That would suck to have to explain to the patient.

"I'm sorry sir, but it appears that your prostate cancer has given you cancer."

In all seriousness though, the second most common cause of happiness is Pizza Rolls.
 
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common tumor arising on sun-exposed sites in older people, exceeded only by basal cell carcinoma.
 
In the U.S., squamous cell esophageal carcinoma is the second-most common esophageal cancer, recently having been surpassed by adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
 
Coronaviridae 2nd MCC common cold

Rhinoviruses "~50% of common colds" in child & adult
(Rhinovv = 30-50% viral causes of common cold, Coronaviruses=10-15%)

source: uptodate online
 
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Multi infarct dementia is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the elderly to Alzheimer's diease.
source: first aid pg 388
 
staph saprophyticus is the 2nd most common cause of uti's in young women (to e.coli)

klebsiella is the 2nd most common cause of CAP in alcoholics (to s. pneumo)

these 2nds are good ones bc people are often fooled into thinking they're #1
 
prematurity 2nd leading cause of death in neonates behind congenital anomalies.
 
someone know the ****** most commons/2nd? i never get if its down or alcohol or fragile x or something else
 
someone know the ****** most commons/2nd? i never get if its down or alcohol or fragile x or something else

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most common preventable cause of mental ******ation. Not sure about second-most or about the most common cause of mental ******ation...
 
Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most common preventable cause of mental ******ation. Not sure about second-most or about the most common cause of mental ******ation...
FAS is the most common preventable. Fragile X is the most common hereditary. Down's is the most common congenital cause overall. I am pretty sure CP is the most common cause overall.
 
Down's syndrome
#1 meiotic nondisjunction
#2 robertsonian
#3 mosaicism 🙂rolleyes😡UW)
 
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