Chronic Diseases: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention - Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases And Lung Health, Diabetes, Chronic Conditions Limit Activity
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define chronic diseases as prolonged illnesses that do not resolve spontaneously and are rarely cured completely. According to the CDC, chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease, cerebrovascular disease, and diabetes account for 70% of all deaths in the United States and almost half of the years of potential life lost before age sixty-five.
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Cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary heart diseases, arrhythmias, diseases of the arteries, congestive heart failure, rheumatic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (stroke), and congenital heart defects, is the leading cause of death in the United States. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) reports that in 2002 cardiovascular disease accounted for 927,000 deathsȁ…
The American Lung Association (ALA) estimates that more than thirty-five million people suffer from some form of chronic respiratory disease (http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/ALA%20RAN%2005-06.PDF). In 2003, 126,382 people died from chronic lower respiratory diseases. (See Table 5.4.) The ALA reports that each year about 349,000 Americans die of lung disease…
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body's use of food, causing levels of blood glucose (sugar in the blood) to become too high. Normally, the body converts sugars, starches, and proteins into a form of sugar called glucose. The blood then carries glucose to all cells throughout the body. In the cells, with the help of the hormone insulin, the glucose is either converted into energy for …
Besides the personal suffering associated with chronic conditions, these diseases generate an enormous financial burden on families of affected individuals and the nation in terms of medical care costs and lost productivity. The CDC reports in Health, United States, 2005 (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf) that in 2003, 6% of adults ages eighteen to forty-four said their activity was limi…
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11 months ago
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It is increasing found that viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites are associated and linked to chronic disease.
It may well turn out that such microbes are a fundamental cause of many chronic diseases.
See here for a list of chronic diseases associated / caused by microbes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_diseases_associated_with_infectious_pathogens