Although the medical community has joined efforts to mitigate them, these efforts have not yet paid off in eliminating diseases as serious as cancer and diabetes.
Multiple pathologies currently affect the world population. Although the medical community has joined efforts to mitigate them, these efforts have not yet paid off in eliminating diseases as serious as cancer and diabetes. Here are 10 of the most prevalent disorders for which there is currently no cure.
Cancer
According to the WHO, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. In 2015, it caused 8.8 million deaths worldwide. Medical science has been able to control the serious symptoms of the most aggressive cancers through some treatments, however those who suffer from it must give up curative treatment and adapt to palliative treatment that provides little discomfort and causes a dignified death.
Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative conditions worldwide. This disorder is more prevalent in women and is usually the most difficult to treat and cope with.
According to the WHO, Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form of dementia, accounts for between 60% and 70% of cases. So far there are no specific methods to cure it.
AIDS
This condition caused a serious epidemic in the 20th century and is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV . Until now, promising treatments have been developed to treat it, however so far there is no cure for this sexually transmitted disease.
Lupus
This autoimmune disease could be to blame for the human being suffering from arthritis, anemia, among hundreds of other side effects. In addition to attacking vital organs such as the heart, lungs and kidneys. In general, the symptoms of this disorder are treated with corticosteroids because at the moment there is no specific treatment for it.
Diabetes
This condition is one of the most frequent in the world population. Its causes are related to genetic factors, poor lifestyle habits and being resistant to insulin. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of amputations, diabetic retinopathy, and heart failure.
Until now, medical science has not been able to develop a treatment that definitively removes diabetes. However, drugs that control symptoms and increase insulin sensitivity have now been created and patented.
Ebola
This pathology was transmitted mainly in Africa and of the 90% of those infected, almost half die from the hemorrhagic fever it produces. This virus has no cure and so far there is no specific treatment to treat it. However, the proteins of the virus are not yet known, which makes it impossible to develop an effective vaccine against this deadly virus that in 1976 caused drastic mortality.
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Asthma is a condition that produces inflammation in the airways and if it is not strictly treated and controlled, it could trigger death in those who suffer from it. So far there are still doubts about the components that could cause asthma.
Environmental contamination has been one of the main triggers of this virus with high prevalence mainly in the pediatric age.
Poliomyelitis
Although immunization through vaccines has controlled this disease, there is still no specific cure for this disorder that negatively affects the central nervous system and has a higher incidence in children between 5 and 10 years of age.
According to the WHO, there are only four countries left in the world where the disease remains endemic: Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Flu
This is one of the most common human pathologies. So far there are only medications and treatments that relieve symptoms and increase defenses when someone suffers from it.
Common cold
This disorder is one of the most common and is usually caused by a hybrid of viruses such as rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and also certain echoviruses and coxsackieviruses that could cause abnormalities in the upper respiratory system.
People who smoke tend to have a worse prognosis when they are contaminated with the virus. In addition, some research has shown that sleeping less than seven hours a day significantly increases the risk of suffering from it.