Iatrogenic illness= Doctor-caused-disease.Heart disease and Cancer are the two leading causes of death. Third is Iatrogenic illness. Iatros = Physician Genic = to cause There is nothing new about Iatrogenic Disease. More than 2000 years ago, Hippocrates's famed advice was: " First cause no harm." The Father of Medicine was clearly concernd that his ministration could aggravate his patients' conditions. IncidenceIt is generally acknowledged that about a quarter of a million persons die each year in the USA as a result of Iatrogenic Disease. The majority of deaths are caused by adverse reactions by drugs, and infection acquired in hospitals. That's enough people to fill a moderately large city. Every year.Medication caused disease
Another common adverse reaction is the bradycardia, or slowing of the heart rate, caused by certain eye drops used for Glaucoma. Breathlessness and difficulty walking can be life threatening. Fully 50% of Americans are taking so-called AntiCholinergic drugs. These have a very serious side effect of blocking an important neurotransmitter called Acetylcholine resulting in memory loss, confusion, ...
Read more … ANTICHOLINERGIC SIDE EFFECTS Surgery caused disease
Not only death, of course. This received this morning in personal correspondence from the UK: Just heard a ghastly story. A lady in our church has a friend, a young mother of two, who had an operation on her back. Something went wrong and she is now paralysed from the chest down they say. They asked for prayer for her, her husband and two little children. It makes you cringe, and angry too. Iatrogenic doctor-caused disease.
Read more about COMPLICATIONS of SURGERY … Chiropractic caused disease
Death due to a manipulation of the neck is considered in certain alarmist circles to be dangerously high, but the facts of the matter is that stroke due to manipulation occurs in between 1-10 million upper neck manipulations. An average chiropractor would do about 150 000 - 200 000 such manipulations in his/her whole life time. So about 1/10 chiropractors would have this unfortunate experience in his whole life time. Read more … STROKE CHIROPRACTIC Stroke (not death, please note) after a Chiropractic adjustment remains an extremely rare event, about as statistically likely as being struck on the golf course by lightning. But it does happen. More worrying are deaths from treatments by lay manipulators who have attended weekend courses, and not controlled by any professional associations. de Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, of 23 May 2009 reported the death of a 3 month old baby who was manipulated by a "cranio-sacral therapist." However, broken ribs, (I will admit to three in thirty years in practice!) and hernias as a result of crudely-done manipulations are more common but still relatively rare. Temporary pain and stiffness after manipulation is fairly common. It rarely lasts more than a day or two. Akin to the pain after having wisdom teeth out - inevitable that there will be some after-pain. The dizzy patient is considered to be a higher risk patient for Chiropractors with about 5% reporting adverse affects from manipulation. Orthodontic caused diseaseI really have little knowledge of Orthodontics, so I tread warily in this domain. This week a paediatrician referred a young girl with severe daily headaches, of some two years duration, to me. The doctor thought the pain was coming from the teenager's neck. As she hadn't responded to two years of physiotherapy, and is taking prodigious quantities of analgesics, the doctor thought it time for a change.I could find little wrong with the girl's neck, but I always pay the TMJ a quick visit when examining the headache patient, and hit paydirt. A return to the history taking revealed that she had a bite condition that somebody thought was necessary to correct. Now she now longer has a bite problem, but she does have severe daily temporo-mandibular induced headaches that started after she began using an orthotic in the mouth. Update: Since removing the orthotic, and having Chiropractic treatment for her TMJ joint, she is now having 40% less headaches. Not really satisfactory, but she's not missing any school anymore. I am expecting further improvement. It seems to me that no health care is exempt from the dangers of Iatrogenic Illness. Read more about the JAW JOINT as a cause of Migraine: TMJ EAR PAIN ... Diet caused disease
You need a bit of Chem for this page, but we think it's important. Really it's not that difficult - high school science will give you enough background to understand why margarine is not only bad because it tastes lousy, but because 50% of it contains a highly dangerous chemical called a trans-isomer. Read more about TRANS ISOMERS in HYDROGENATED FOODS …
Read more about DANGERS of a LOW FAT DIET … TINGLING IN ARMS AND HANDS ... Anaesthetic-caused diseaseHaving been told by my anaethetist, five years after the event at a cocktail party, that she very nearly lost her patient (me!) during minor surgery when I was 35, Iatrogenic Illness is a subject close to my heart."You probably don't remember me," she said, "but I'll never forget you!"
SELF-caused diseaseIn short, iatrogenic illness needs to be considered when taking any medication, consulting any doctor including your chiropractor and orthodontist, and even when considering what you do or don't eat.For example, doctoring yourself with high cholesterol foods will likely sooner or later cause Iatrogenic Illness, a heart attack or stroke. Likewise, doctoring yourself with no fibre will likely give you serious constipation with the attendant risk of bowel cancer. That's why I eat Hummus almost every day. Very simple to make in your own kitchen following this authentic hummus recipe.
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