He's mentioned this mystery ailment before - which left him chronically fatigued - but declines to elaborate.
For a month, Harnisch had been battling a mystery ailment that had disrupted his sleep, eating patterns and game.
Orton was working hard, energised and happy; Halliwell was increasingly depressed, argumentative, and plagued with mystery ailments.
C1 Health Page C12 A spreading mystery ailment linked to large reef-dwelling fish.
The Robert Curley Case: A university electrician dies from a mystery ailment; high thallium levels in his hair provide a timeline that proves systematic poisoning by his new bride.
Just this month it was reported that an assortment of the park's exotic animals had died from mystery medical ailments or were killed in accidents.
Late in the 2006 season, Ricciuto was ruled out of the Crows' final few matches due to a "mystery ailment" which was later found to be parvovirus B19.
As it turns out, whatever mystery ailment is in his neck has been nasty enough to conquer all of that.
Agassi almost immediately went into a tailspin after Wimbledon, reportedly suffering from a mystery viral ailment.
There's a disgruntled employee in every locker room, a self-absorbed youth in every uniform and a mystery ailment popping up on every team.