No matter if humans are hosting web seminars in outer space or are building underwater railway routes, we still are prone to some of the worst terminal diseases. In spite of excelled progress in medical science, we still are unable to find 100% effective cures to some of the deadliest diseases known to mankind. Here are some of the deadliest diseases which have struck human beings till now.
- Diabetes – According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Global Report on Diabetes, more than 400 million people all over the world are affected by diabetes. Diabetes is unfamous to dismantle the proper functioning of kidneys, eyes, and many other body parts. This disease directly attacks your insulin levels and hijack your pancreas. It’s surprising how you go from a person who enjoys treats one day and is just tricked the other day. So say no to Sugar, it’s a sweet poison.
- Pulmonary Heart Disease – This disease is classified by shortening of breath, breathlessness, a tightening or pulling sensation in chest, suffocation, chest pain, and wheezing. Whenever you feel that you are experiencing these symptoms, you must immediately go to your doctor for a checkup. At present, medical science has not found any cure for Pulmonary Heart Disease and all the methods known to science are meant to ease the pain of the patient.
- Lower Respiratory Infections – Imagine you couldn’t breathe peacefully. How uneasy is it for us to hold our breath for just a couple of seconds. So think of the people who have to take the help of external factors such as pumps and medicines to breathe properly. Tuberculosis, Influenza, and Pneumonia are some of the known examples of lower respiratory infections. These diseases are a result of unhygienic living, weak immunity, and frequent cough and cold.
- Stroke – Fundamentally, inadequate blood and oxygen flow to the brain leads to the death of brain cells. And a brain that is deceived of oxygen for a long time dies within minutes. The symptoms of a stroke are – speech difficulties, paralysis in one part of the body, or feeling numb. The precise cause of a stroke is lifestyle stress and hereditary turbulence. The broad spectrum of ways to protect oneself from stroke is to maintain a healthy lifestyle which is free of stress.
- Ischemic Heart Disease – This deadly disease is caused by blockage of the coronary artery with plaque deposit/fat deposit. Due to the fat deposit in arteries that carry oxygenated blood to the heart, the arteries are choked and the heart is deprived of oxygen. This blockage leads to a severe heart attack, which may or may not result in immediate death. You can identify the disease by symptoms like chest pain, breathlessness, etc. The preventions you could take to defeat this disease are living a healthy lifestyle, avoiding unhealthy fats, hugging healthy fats like ghee or clarified butter, exercising daily, etc.
- Respiratory Cancer – Also known as Lung Cancer, it is caused by proliferating cells in the lungs which form tumors causing difficulty in breathing. The clear cause of this disease is smoking and exposure to poisonous smoke and fumes. To avoid such a terminal disease, you should stay away from smoking, avoid too much pollution, do Yoga, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- Alzheimer’s disease – If you are in your forties or late thirties, stop being too tense about your life because too much tension can lead up to the death of an adult’s brain cells. And this leads to Alzheimer’s disease in your fifties. In this disease, patients have a chronic memory loss, which is nearly incurable. The patient forgets the one whom they have been knowing for years, and need assistance with most basics of daily functioning like going to the toilet, eating food, or changing clothes.
- Cancer – This word scares people more than ghosts ever can. For common people, today, cancer equates to ultimate death. The rapid growth of cells in a body’s part leads to the formation of tumor which is then affected by carcinogens, leading up to cancer in various body parts. This disease is so puzzled up, doctors have not yet discovered an effective cure for the disease which is cost-effective too. Apart from finding a cure for the disease, science is unable to discover the cause of cancer, which is a matter of worry for us. So to stay away from cancer, you just need to avoid tobacco, smoking, eating/drinking hot food/beverages in plastic cups.
Above were some diseases which are a threat to humans, and a proportion of this list is literally uncurable, and for some diseases, scientists haven’t known the exact cause yet, and this is a worrying situation for us. The only thing we can do to avoid these diseases is to lead a healthy lifestyle which includes lots of organic food and exercise. Another thing that is very helpful to avoid and cure these diseases is introducing Ayurveda to your life. So stay happy, stay healthy.