Teaching technology of the theoretical lesson Unit Investigations Lesson About incurable diseases

Terminal Illnesses
As mentioned above, terminal illnesses cannot be cured. In most cases, they are likely to result in death within the near future. When diagnosing terminal illnesses, doctors often give the prognosis in terms of months, as many patients don’t live longer than that.
However, just because death is a certain outcome, it doesn’t mean that these patients don’t still deserve to live happy, fulfilling lives. After all, death is a certain eventual outcome for everyone. Although treatments for terminal illnesses can’t cure the disease, they can make patients more comfortable for the remainder of their lives.
Treatments in this area often focus on relieving pain, easing movement and addressing other symptoms of the person’s condition. The goal is to give patients their best chance of being able to enjoy their final days with their loved ones. As the disease progresses, though, these treatments can begin to lose their effectiveness, which is a big part of what makes terminal illnesses so difficult to manage.
Terminal illnesses include things like late-stage cancer, AIDS and some forms of heart disease. Of course, there are many more than those listed here, but these are a few of the most common. Prognoses can range from just a few weeks to several years.
Other Incurable Diseases
Now that we’ve gotten the doom and gloom out of the way, let’s take a look at incurable diseases that aren’t terminal, also called chronic diseases. Chronic diseases affect the patient for three months or more, often for the patient’s entire life. There are many conditions that, while incurable, will still allow the person to live a long, full life. Conditions like diabetes, asthma and a variety of mental illnesses, including Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, cannot be “cured,” but they can be managed.
With these incurable diseases, the patient will likely need to undergo treatment for the duration of their lives, but that doesn’t mean they can’t still lead a normal life for the most part. For example, a patient suffering from diabetes can manage the condition with insulin injections and a managed diet, and an asthma sufferer can use a medicated inhaler daily or in cases of emergency.
For patients with incurable, but manageable diseases, the prognosis is much more promising. Treatments can alleviate symptoms to the point where outside observers may not even realize that the person is ill. That is the ultimate goal of treatments in this area: to help the patients live normal lives. Although they will still maintain their diagnosis, they don’t have to be defined by it.