Common incurable diseases include AIDS, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. Vaccines, sanitation, and public health warnings have helped control some diseases. AIDS is one of the deadliest diseases, while Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s are progressive and debilitating. Diabetes can be managed, but extreme cases can lead to amputation and death if not treated early.
Among the most common incurable diseases are acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetes and multiple sclerosis are other diseases that often have no cure. Other debilitating diseases that have been largely eradicated or controlled in developed countries but are still common in underdeveloped countries include polio and cholera. Diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s aren’t necessarily deadly in themselves, but they are progressive in nature and people with these conditions eventually die while still being affected.
Unlike rare, incurable diseases like Pompe disease, which causes the heart and other muscles to stop working, many common diseases are ones that doctors have learned to cure despite not being able to cure them. Vaccines, clean sanitation methods, and public health warnings have also helped bring incurable deadly diseases under control in some parts of the world. For example, polio was once an extreme health threat in the United States and claimed many lives, but vaccinations against this disease have made it almost non-existent in that country.
One of the most common incurable diseases, AIDS, has had a global impact and continues to kill those affected on a regular basis. Although it is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, a person can have AIDS for as long as 10 years without having any symptoms or even knowing they have the disease. As one of the most debilitating diseases, AIDS symptoms include night sweats, fever, chills, extreme weight loss and swollen lymph nodes. A person infected with AIDS can also contract a number of secondary diseases due to a severely compromised immune system.
Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease are examples of diseases that aren’t necessarily life-threatening, but that people are afflicted with until their eventual death. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis can vary, but the disease largely affects the nervous system, which results in a variety of progressive symptoms such as weakness, unsteady gait, and memory loss. Parkinson’s disease can also mimic some of these symptoms, as can dementia, which is a hallmark symptom of Alzheimer’s disease.
Diseases such as diabetes can often be controlled with medication, diet and exercise. Extreme cases of this disease, however, often result in the amputation of limbs and a significant reduction in a person’s quality of life. This is one of many incurable diseases that can lead to death if not properly diagnosed and treated in their early onset. If treated early and properly managed, however, many people with diabetes and similar conditions can enjoy a somewhat normal life despite an illness.
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