What disease did Captain America have?

Steve's canonical list of health conditions— shown onscreen in “Captain America: The First Avenger” (henceforth referred to as “CA:TFA”) and in the Captain America museum exhibit in “CA:TWS” — includes asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, sinusitis, heart palpitations, nervous trouble, bone/joint/other deformity, ...
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Did Steve Rogers have TB?

During his medical exam, Steve Rogers admits his mother Sarah was a nurse in a TB ward who “got it; couldn't shake it.” Though people can be genetically predisposed to tuberculosis, his mother catching the disease in no way means Cap also suffered from it.
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Can Captain America get ill?

After receiving the Super Soldier Serum Captain America realized that he developed an immunity to all Earthly diseases, as he never gets sick and cannot be killed with toxins or poisonous gasses.
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How did they make Captain America so skinny?

Instead of the body double/superimposed head, the filmmakers used a “shrinking” technique and computers to basically erase portions of Evans' strong physique on screen. “We filmed over 250 shots of Chris and used digital technology to 'shrink' him down to what we called 'Skinny Steve,'” said Johnston.
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Did Captain America have polio?

Steve Rogers was a weak and frail man who was excluded from the draft because of his polio.
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Is Steve Rogers colorblind?

Before The Serum, Steve Rogers Was Colorblind He saw the world in dull yellows & blues–or that's what he was told. Sure, he learned how to "identify" the rest, but it took a lot of practice & comparisons & questions. Everything from red to green on the scale was similar to him.
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Is Captain America disabled?

Before his transformation into Captain America by way of super-soldier serum injection and exposure to gamma radiation in a contraption that tumblr user virginagentlenerd dubbed 'Howard Stark's Hottie Machine,' Steve Rogers suffered from a host of physical impairments including asthma, frequent colds, heart issues, and ...
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Who was Steve Rogers body double?

Leander Deeny portrayed Barman in Captain America: The First Avenger. He was also a body double for Chris Evans as the "Skinny" Steve Rogers.
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Who is the strongest Avenger?

1 Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff

That was enough to consider her near the top but Wanda Maximoff, known as Scarlet Witch, is the officially most powerful Avenger now.
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Did the serum corrupt Bucky?

While Arnim Zola's version of the serum seemed to be successful for Bucky Barnes, his circumstances and brainwashing corrupted him into a dark assassin for HYDRA for decades.
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Can Captain America survive a bullet?

Captain America's suit is completely fire retardant and the weave of armour embedded within also makes him bulletproof. Captain America has had regular gunshot wounds in his arms, legs and shoulders but has not a bullet pierce him around any important extremities.
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How long can Captain America hold his breath?

This kind of physiology grants him phenomenal endurance. He can even hold his breath under water for 3 minutes. Carol Danvers also remarked about Captain America's stamina, stating "Cap only needs an hour or two's sleep every week".
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How did Captain America sleep for 70 years?

Marvel has officially explained how he actually survived 70 years entombed in ice. It's something to do with frogs, apparently. It was the ultimate ice-scapade.
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Does Steve Rogers still have asthma?

Steve actually surviving both rheumatic and scarlet fever with asthma, heart problems and no antibiotics is pretty much a miracle in itself at this stage, and I guess we should all be grateful that Sarah Rogers was a nurse, because things like half decent atomizers to treat asthma were expensive and hard to obtain.
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How old was Steve Rogers when he froze?

The timeline of Steve Rogers' life can be a bit confusing, however, it has been determined that Captain America was 26 years old when he fell into the Atlantic and was frozen. Canonically, Steve Rogers was born on July 4th, 1918 in a Lower East Side Manhattan hospital to his parents Sarah and Joseph Rogers.
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Who is the no 1 Avenger?

1. Scarlet Witch. Scarlet Witch is the most powerful Avenger we have, and while many people actually believe Captain Marvel or Thor are the most powerful, Scarlet Witch comes out on top. She has continued to demonstrate extraordinary power since Infinity War.
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Who can lift Thor's hammer?

We bring you five Marvel characters who lifted Mjolnir. Thor's hammer—per the inscription—can only be wielded by a worthy "he" or a man. However, several women have lifted Thor's hammer, including Black Widow, Jane Foster, X-Men's Storm, and DC's Wonder Woman.
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Who is the smartest Avenger?

It's not hard to see that among all the Avengers, T'Challa is the smartest one.
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How did Captain America actor get so big?

The abbreviated version of the work required a combination of digitally shrinking Evans, using Leander Deeny as a body double, and grafting Evans' performance on top of Deeny's. This required filming scenes with skinny Steve Rogers in three different ways through a pain-staking process.
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Is Captain America immortal?

Captain America isn't immortal. Presumably, he does age normally, despite the Super Soldier serum, which keeps him in peak physical condition.
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How tall was Steve Rogers after the serum?

Before Steve Rogers was injected with the serum that made him Captain America, he was famously a 98-pound weakling. Considering he was 6'2," that's… very weak. The serum added more than 100 pounds to Rogers, but his height stayed the same, making him a robust 6'2” 220.
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What was Captain America's original name?

Captain America is the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young artist enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental "super-soldier serum" after joining the military to aid the United States government's efforts in World War II.
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Does Doctor Strange have a disability?

In Doctor Strange, as aforementioned, a car accident leaves Strange with such severe nerve damage in his hands that he can no longer practice neurosurgery. In a fell swoop, he loses his status and his career. Like many who become disabled later in life, he looks for a cure to return to his career and former state.
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How long was Captain America awake before Avengers?

Rogers then spent sixty-six years unconscious and frozen in ice under a state of suspended animation, before he was eventually found by S.H.I.E.L.D. in the early 21st century. When he awoke, Rogers found himself alone in a modern world that he hardly recognized, with no idea what to do with his life.
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