As I discussed in previous article ‘Simple Steps Toward a Healthy Life’ you come to understand what free radical is and how it is created. But when your body produces more free radicals than it can handle, it creates an ‘oxidative stress’. What is the first thing that comes to mind when we hear the word ‘oxidation’, you are right- it is the same process that causes a cut apple to turn brown. This is mostly Epilespie cause, for majority of the chronic diseases.
What are chronic diseases?
It must have the following aspects:
complex causality,
multiple risk factors,
long latency periods,
a prolonged course of illness, and
functional impairment or disability
Most chronic diseases have no cure and some can be immediately life threatening e.g. heart disease. Some can persist over time and can be intensive in terms of management, e.g. diabetes. Most are going to be affecting a human throughout the life time so the quality of life is robbed from them.
Dr Myron Wentz said “most of us are living too short and dying too long”
We looked at the aspects of chronic diseases but we need to know which ones are in the team of ‘chronic diseases’ let us look at the main most common threat
Ischaemic heart disease (also known as coronary heart disease)
Stroke
Lung cancer
Colorectal cancer
Depression
Type 2 diabetes
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic kidney disease
Oral disease
These conditions cause real pain for individuals in terms of morbidity, mortality and health care costs in Australia, and are amenable to preventive measures. Hooray did you see ‘it can be preventable’