all the symptoms can be tracked to the dieases of old
2007-06-30 12:22:08 · 6 answers · asked by MAE W 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Many times this is the case in viral diseases, who themselves cannot be individually treated, only symptomatically. Things like bacterial infections and fungal infections get treated in a way that directly kills the disease. And finally things like heart disease is just a generalization of whats going on not simply a disease as you are talking. This cannot be pinpointed exactly either.
2007-06-30 12:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by n_m_young 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 auto immune diseases, none have a "cure". RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) in the past was very crippling. I had an aunt that died last year who was unable to even feed herself the last 7 yrs. The new biologicals such as Humira, Embrel and Remicade are suppose to stop the T-cells that contributes to the disease. I inject Humira once weekly. The other 2 are also not curable as yet, but I take medication to control each of them. I am thankful that medications are available for these diseases. Remember the people of old's lifespan was much less than ours. In some causes only in their 30's. I am 60 yrs. old.
2007-06-30 12:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of diseases do not have the perfect cure to date. Another reason is that the science of medicine is not exact. as the medical books. It's true that some diseases of old have taken on a new name. There are more recognizable diseases to date according to the discoverer.
Disease prevention, or prophylaxis, has always been the preferred route for medicine. Folk wisdom tells us that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (although for those in Canada, that now needs to read something like "a gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure," but the metric version doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
2007-06-30 13:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your correct-and even then some! recent diseases too.
thing is, not every disease has been isolated, therefore, they have no idea how to combat the disease.
just a little over 20 years ago it was that they figured out the hcv virus, even though they knew it existed. prior to that they always called it nonA-nonB hepatitis. now it has it's own name, under it's own classifications.
hcv is an rna virus. it resides under flavivoradae under hepatitis.
treatment is interferon with ribavirin, although only successful more towards genotypes other than 1a/1b and 4's.
the genotypes inbetween are easiest to treat. they are working on why this happens and is thought of as those who have harder to treat genotypes is that they may have an endocrine route of transmission.
2007-06-30 14:47:58 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What doctors do that? -- Perhaps the disease cannot be treated? -- Perhaps the option is to relieve the symptoms or invasive surgery so treating the symptoms is safer -- Terminal diseases can only be treated by symptomatic control and pallitive care -- Perhaps the cause of the symtoms isn't known yet? --
2007-06-30 12:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by annoyed_with_the_other_answers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Economics my friend. There's much more money in treating chronic symptoms over a long period of time as opposed to curing something just once. It's all about the money. Doctors make ridiculous amounts of money, live in homes and take vacations that 95 % of us only dream about. It's there form of job security and we keep paying them for it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lifes bitter irony. Sadism with a friendly face.
2007-06-30 12:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont know?
2007-06-30 12:27:10 · answer #7 · answered by It'S kAyLa! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋