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In medicine, new diagnostic methods regularly appear and treatments, new technologies, medicines and biologically active substances. Most often, of course, they relate to the already known diseases, but sometimes it takes to market new products at the same time “discover” and previously unknown diseases. Or declare a disease that was not previously considered as such. Potential patients are potential at the same time. buyers, and as a result, along with real diseases, it appears more and more invented. The main thing is to find the right symptom, and then you can inspire people that they have some kind of pathology that is not what a particular person, and in nature, actually does not.
What are fictitious diseases? A few years ago British The Medical Journal counted more than 200 of them. Among them, as everyone understands wrinkles and baldness, cellulite and sulfur in the ears, and exotic ones like “allergies to the 21st century.” “It’s either not at all an existing disease, or its intentional expanded interpretation and emphasizing danger to populations that are actively used for selfish purposes, “- explained” Our Version ” Deputy Chairman of the Formulary Committee of the Russian Academy Medical Sciences Professor Pavel Vorobyov. As a result in humans huge amounts of money are spent on the treatment of actively promoted imaginary ailments, but there is not enough money for real illnesses.
To fictitious diseases, the specialist also refers to osteochondrosis. Diagnosis “osteochondrosis” exists in foreign literature, but it means rare diseases of bones and joints, mainly in children.
A vivid example of a fictitious disease is cellulite. Judging by name, it’s really about a disease (“-it” – inflammation). True, true cellulite is quite rare. fibrous inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue. And that under cellulite usually women mean – just a cosmetic feature female skin and subcutaneous fat. She is connected with congestion in the circulation of lymph, blood, and also with uneven deposition of fat. Foreign doctors generally attribute cellulite to the secondary sexual characteristics of a woman.
With cellulite, you do not need to do liposuction or medication take, just eat less or put up with what a person such a metabolism – it is difficult and practical to fight it hopelessly. Professor Vorobyov told the story of a woman, dead in the fight against manifestations of excess weight.
“She was a very complete woman; during treatment she abruptly dropped weight, her kidneys went down, kidney failure developed – and she died. Fast weight loss is much more dangerous than obesity! And already stories of how sepsis develops after liposuction (infection blood), huge. In principle, this is a likely complication of any operations, but is it worth the cosmetic effect of going on such complications, sometimes ending in death? “- asks expert.
To fictitious diseases, the specialist also refers to osteochondrosis. Diagnosis “osteochondrosis” exists in foreign literature, but it means rare diseases of bones and joints, mainly in children. In Russia “chondrosis” is any back pain. “Skeleton shots in humans older than 50 will show that almost everyone has osteochondrosis, and this is a normal age-related change, but does a person get sick with radiculitis is another question.
With radiculitis, the disease is associated with a change in the skeleton, but osteochondrosis itself – the age norm, says the professor Vorobyov. – Now there is a similar problem with osteoporosis, which is almost everyone over 60. In most cases it does not cause physical suffering, these are the same age changes like wrinkles. ”
Osteoporosis is detected in 99 out of 100 elderly people, but cannot be treated. required. In this case, according to the analytical agency DSM Group, Russians only in the first half of 2011 spent on the purchase preparations for osteoporosis 11.8 million rubles, having eaten 122 million packages pills. At the same time, the increase in wasted money amounted to compared with the corresponding period of 2010, 10.3%. True spending on drugs and creams against cellulite in Russians recently reduced: in 2010, 22% less was thrown into the wind than in 2009, but the reason for this was probably just a reduction income in times of crisis.
Actively promoted antibiotic treatment brings more harm than health benefits – and precisely because of their incorrect imaginary disease related applications. Antibiotics – drugs number one for pneumonia, sepsis, or pyelonephritis, but when infections are invented, antibiotics do not bring any benefit, but negatively affect the gastrointestinal tract, causing complications in kidney and liver function.
In principle, there are a lot of pathogens, identifying them is not so difficult, and as a result, almost any disease can be associated with any pathogen. Chlamydia, E. coli, measles virus or some form is almost all. But seemingly simple analogies require rigorous checks and evidence: such a pathogen causes such a clinical picture. According to the professor Vorobyov, chlamydia is diagnosed and treated at every step, and with in this case, when doctors collude with laboratory assistants and in analyzes “find” everything that is needed, known to many.
The woman who came to the reception is said to have a smear chlamydia found. A woman cannot verify this, and she and her a partner (or several) offers expensive treatment antibiotics, immunostimulants, biological additives, sometimes even persuade to do “blood purification”. And more chlamydia do not find! But whether it was at all, the story is silent.
The hysteria with pork exaggerated by WHO the flu. Again, data from DSM Group analysts. “In 2009, in which panic in front of swine flu artificially inflated, – says the director general of the agency Sergey Shulyak, – it was Teraflu was sold for 2.1 billion rubles (13 million packages).
In 2010, without lobbying by natural selling decreased, if you count in packages, by 14%. It was even bigger decrease in sales of the well-known Russian drug Arbidol. If in In 2009, the turnover of the drug amounted to 5.6 billion rubles for 37 million packages, then in 2010 sales decreased by 19% in rubles, reaching 4.5 billion rubles, and the Russians took 28 million packages drug. ”
Often new diseases are invented for wealthy young people, and means relatively healthy people. It comes to the fore in this case diagnosis. For example, they give you test strips using which you yourself find “cell resonance” or something else, sounding as incomprehensible as possible.
“The idea of the benefits of early diagnosis is far from always true, – says Professor Pavel Vorobyov. – What may be early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, acute pneumonia, meningitis? Until they take place, there will be no early diagnosis. can”.
It is no coincidence that the medical joke that no is so popular healthy people, but there are underexplored. Often, according to researchers at the universities of Toronto and Harvard, arises a situation called the “cascade of appointments” when doctors a side effect of taking the medicine is considered as a manifestation new disease.
The USA leads the way in inventing diseases; they are the main developers PR drug campaigns that have become good business projects. IN States are most often diagnosed with mental illness: a child running around for breaks – that means he has a syndrome of increased activity. Through the efforts of domestic doctors and paramedical figures to “list of dysfunctions added to the world list of imaginary diseases Eustachian tube “(the opening between the oral cavity and the middle ear, supporting environmental pressure), “urolithiasis in stages to the formation of stones “,” slagging of the body “and intestinal obstruction.
Perhaps the last trick is “female orgasmic disorder. “The true frequency of the disorder is unknown (according to some authors, it can be observed in 10-15% of women living regular sex life.
“This disease really wants to be treated by manufacturers medicines, – says the president of the Society evidence-based medicine professionals professor Vasily Vlasov. – Apply Viagra and analogues, the growing popularity of drugs is surprising. Nobody canceled side effects from the use, but the main thing is that healthy people feel sick. ”
By the way, only in 2010, the Russians spent 2729 million on Viagra rubles – 18.7% more than in 2009.
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