which are the most dangerous physical and mental diseases in the world and why they are dangerous?
2006-08-02 00:19:27 · 13 answers · asked by georges 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Bird Flu has the potential to be the most dangerous disease in the world.
Even though AIDS can be controlled with medication, we are still facing an enormous problem. It exploits our most natural and powerful instinct - to take drugs, oops, I mean sex. Many have died from AIDS in the developing world and since the first reported case in 1980, 26 years ago, more than 50 million people from all over the world have become infected with HIV. At this rate, 100 years from now, we could all be living with AID.
The HIV virus is very difficult to eradicate. Many experts believe that it be impossible.
2006-08-02 00:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by MrSandman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the realms of infectious diseases;
I'd personally think any agressive bacteria strain that's resistant to every drug.
Psuedomona aeruginosa is one nasty little babe. The worst strains of this bacteria are the ones that are resistant to vancomicine.
Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis is another really bad disease that's probably inevitably fatal. Sadly these nasty strains are becommong commonplace for people with AIDS.
If you count prion diseases infectious diseases, I'd give my vote for Creutzfelt-Jakob disease. Uncurable, irremediably fatal, and you die slowly.
Of genetic based diseases, I think any one of those diseases that keep you terribly crippled but you live.
Frankly I think Hungtington's disease is one of the saddest diseases because you're fully conscious you will inevitably suffer from it and die a slow and terrible death. It's also sad that most people that discover they have this disease already had children. You could play russian roulette with which child inherited the disease.
Other terrible diseases would be Lou Gherigs disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinsons. They are all slow, fatal and you're conscious about everything.
2006-08-02 12:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by Gata de Barrio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hanta Virus is pretty nasty and they only have it at select facilities all over the world (FDA in Atlanta and their Level 4 Bio Containment Area which is soon going to be a level 5, the only one in the world.)
Ebola is really bad too, but for now confined to Africa (most cases.)
2006-08-02 02:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by PrincipessaLHO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ebola and Hanta can kill you in hours, these are the most dangerous diseases mankind has ever know
2006-08-02 00:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by GonzalezFrancisco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Botulism : severe food poisoning as a result of infection by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum.lethal dose for human = 2 micro gram
2006-08-02 01:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by mrezaimanesh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcoholism, it destroys the body,destroys the mind, destroys self esteem,destroys family life, takes the food out of infants mouths
saps morals, and it is reckoned as the greatest killer disease world wide, check it out
2006-08-02 00:30:11 · answer #6 · answered by raven 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bird Flu Aids
And the Black plague
2006-08-02 00:22:55 · answer #7 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Ebola Virus
2006-08-02 00:25:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stupidity. It kills more people than any known disease. It is extremely infectious and cannot be treated, even with extensive therapy. =P
2006-08-02 00:23:51 · answer #9 · answered by alpha32blue 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ebola is one of the worst that is for sure.. no cure and is a painful death.
2006-08-02 00:23:55 · answer #10 · answered by oneblondepilgrim 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋