Parkinsons, Alzheimers, diabetes, kidney failure, liver failure... seems like some people go to hospital so often. I mean did we have all these problems in the past ? Maybe in the past people just died if they had any sickness, but today due to advances in medicine, people live longer even though they have some sickness... what do you think ?
2007-07-17 17:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by ladybug21 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I think you hit the nail on the head. 100 years ago many people died young from infectious diseases or childbirth and so didn't have a chance to develop the chronic diseases we see today. And once they were sick, they died quickly.
So as a society we do need to look at how to be healthy without so much dependence on technology...
2007-07-17 17:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by neurogrrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of these disorders existed in the past, we just didn't know what caused them. People died earlier in life too, mainly due to poor living conditions & poor hygiene. The medical advances today can be viewed as a double-edge sword. People are living longer, but some end up with multiple chronic illnesses. I believe we will see this trend decline (not anytime soon) when the next few generations learn to take care of their bodies at a younger age. I'm a nurse & see this issue everyday. It has raised the very ethical question on quantity vs. quality of life.
2007-07-17 17:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it just seems like there are more diseases because the world is connected by satellites ,tv news, internet and plane travel to every part of the world, new diseases here are brought inadvertently from other countries where they have been for centuries. the illnesses you mention have always been around but people used to die earlier than they do now. the older we become the more we are aware of different illnesses,. when i was a child, the big scare was polio and TB.now it is aids ,west nile virus and sars. the health care has improved and people now are more health conscious than ever before, we all must try to take more responsability for our own health and seek medical help when warranted.
2007-07-17 17:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Donna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing out of the ordinary... There are MORE people in the World today...-& those people are living longer...-So of course there's going to SEEM to be more illness... Problems like these have ALWAYS been with us...-It's just that we're more closely connected to the World around us than we've ever been...
2007-07-17 17:13:27 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of it has to do with over population. Its a evolution thing. Oh wait the schools and Catholic don't want you to learn this! Damm shame!
2007-07-17 17:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i asked myself the same question, too... but have you ever realized that what if one day, all these mentioned sickness would suddenly vanish????!! what would happen to our doctors and nurses?? they'll lose their own jobs... their families would die of hunger...besides, this is maybe one of God's ways to lessen the sinners here on earth. =)
2007-07-17 17:13:07 · answer #6 · answered by dr.psycho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really wish and pray to have cures for all these dieases out here.
2007-07-17 17:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by If u were wondering, It's me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the growth hormones they give animals and all the poisons used on our crops. then add all the drugs that drug companies are pushing.
2007-07-17 17:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by cosmicwindwalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋