Lifestyle Diseases

The modern world benefits are unquestionable; the technological advances, the scientific development, the medicine improvements, awareness, global consciousness, etc. Although better, the modern world requires a deep and almost exclusive commitment between the system and the population. It demands an enormous dedication, energy, speediness, outcome and competitive behavior. The sustainable modernization requires a lifestyle adjustment such as a fast-pace, a focused attitude, a decrease of social and enjoyable activities, and an over strain. The claim of juggling money, work, family and relationships that can induce a serious negative impact on the physical and mental health and emotional well being.

The consequences of so much involvement and responsibilities are the lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and mental health disorders (stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc). Its seems being widespread in the society nowadays! Twenty-First Century living can certainly be stressful at times, particularly at work, where we’re putting in long hours and giving ourselves little breathing space (in 2000, one in eight UK employees were working more than 60 hours a week). According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), up to five million people in the UK feel “very” or “extremely” stressed by their work leading them ill. Its is estimated that mental health problems account for the loss of over 91 million working days 

Modern lifestyle is fast-paced, low movement, rich in content and form of a single lifestyle: food, clothing, housing, transportation, entertainment and other bad behavior in everyday life, and social, economic, spiritual, and cultural factors in all aspects of adverse physical and/or psychological resulting in  this "new" human disorders. 

Today's society, and lifestyle related diseases have posed a threat to people's health a major issue. Type of production in agriculture-based state and society, the production level is low, very poor in material life, people's health is mainly affected by infectious diseases, parasitic diseases and nutritional deficiency disorders; the type of production as the mainstay in the industrial countries and social, production levels high, material prosperity, people's health is affected mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, nutrition and genetic diseases. Although affected by various factors, there is a common factor:  Its a lack the necessary health and health care knowledge, and unscientific way of life is very unhealthy relationship. 

According to the World Health Organization estimates that 75% of adults in developed countries suffer more than non-communicable diseases risk. The threat of infectious diseases both in developing countries, but also "human disease" that is the spread of non-communicable diseases, which is derived from a lifestyle choice, mainly because the food is too salty, too much fat, lack of exercise and air pollution cause. 

Modern lifestyle diseases mainly the following aspects: 

1. The psychological and emotional excitement increases, food nutrition structure is irrational, environmental pollution, more people are smoking and drinking and many other factors, leading to cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases, increased incidence of causality, a premature death and disability important reasons.

 2. The accelerated pace of modern life, time and space concept, the concept of increased competition, increased child and retired workers, life in the stimulation of increased tension, psychological factors and emotional response has become an important virulence factor, causing a number of psychological and emotional reactivity diseases.

3. Due to lack of knowledge of health beauty make-up, contact dermatitis, allergic dermatitis, hair dye, earrings incidence of infection caused by the significant increase in young women. 

4. Modern wearing high heels caused by disease, contact lens keratitis, sunglasses and other diseases more common in young men and women. 

5. Aviculture, cats, dogs and other pets, animal-borne diseases cause an increase, especially rabies in many parts of the epidemic was sporadic. 

6. Significant increase in the number of smokers has become a cancer, an important factor in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease; alcoholism often occurs. 

7. In the middle of mental, as sedentary, with the eyes, with the brain and so on, write more, resulting in mental fatigue, visual fatigue are more common.

The Lifestyle diseases are a result of the way we lead our lives. These are also named as diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization. Lifestyle diseases are the result of an ill-relationship of people with their environment.

These diseases are widespread, as countries become industrialized and people live longer. The way these begin is dangerous. It takes years to develop and then becomes so much a part of our lives that it cannot be easily cured even with allopathic medicines. The fact that our diet is changing day by day, from high nutritional food, we move towards junk food, has contributed to the era of lifestyle diseases.

Reduction in physical activity and exercise has also added to the scenario. Substance abuse, especially tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking may also increase the risk of certain diseases later in the life. But unlikely other diseases, lifestyle diseases can be barred, as its influence can be weakened by changing our lifestyles, improving diet and making the environment healthier.

To tackle with the situation faced due to communicable diseases, modern science improved medical treatments, vaccinations, sanitation, awareness etc. But lifestyle diseases have again challenged the science. They take away the time from you. People die at an early age. Various lifestyle diseases, now-a-days, include Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, asthma, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, nephritis or chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, depression, obesity, heart disease and stroke.

There is a correlation between forms of mental illness and the technological lifestyle, the research supporting that is extensive. We may get sick from the absence of close human contact. The alienation from the natural world is also a causal factor in madness, that the more we isolate ourselves from the creation of which we are apart, the more alienated we become from reality, from ourselves, and from each other. 

Following the trends of the modern world, we can easily find lots of information regarding this "modern" medical conditions! But, instead of reading more, being more concerned, more and more guilty, incapable of dealing with all of this "development" of the world. What about seating down, keeping calm, avoid noises and just for some minutes being focused on the real values of our lives. What can be more important than our existence, our health, well being, happiness? Are there some ideal, some dream, some people, career... more valuable than ourselves life?
All the solution is in our hands and minds; attention: "lifestyle diseases can be barred, as its influence can be weakened by changing our lifestyles, improving diet and making the environment healthier." Any medication or medical procedure can, alone, solve all of our problems. The knowledge of the diseases natural history, the causes of them, the treatment and the necessity to change some of our daily behaviors are always the best and strong way to keep back the control of our lives!


Good Luck!