Medical and health things we'll be horrified by in the future

[Leavesofautumn]

This is inspired by a recent thread about sunbeds.

What things happen now, that in fifty years time we'll be horrified by in the same way that we're horrified by certain things from Victorian times now, or even things from the 1960s? I'm talking about both medical treatments, and products that are harmful to health. In fact asbestos is still a problem now if certain buildings are being demolished.

Smoking indoors is an obvious one - even now I'm amazed we ever went into a restaurant and specifically had to ask for a non-smoking table.

Sunbeds are already banned in Australia and Brazil.

Prednisolone is a nasty drug and I'd like to see it eventually fall out of use once something better has been invented.

@Leavesofautumn Presnisolone? It has saved my life. It has saved my DCs lives. What is the problem with it?

@Leavesofautumn My DC and I use it as a second step in a life threatening allergic reaction.

I think in future we'll see sugar as the work of the devil.

I hope chemotherapy and radiotherapy are seen as archaic and barbaric in the near future.

I think the fashion of tattoos will be laughed at.

I think high heals will go out of fashion completely, never to return. And in the future people will be astounded that women put such stupid footwear on their feet to go to work. Our bodies will fell the better for it.

Eating processed meat will be seen as consuming a carcinogenic, as we'll be horrified that sausages were ever a good idea. Tins of corned beef and spam will be in museums.

Chemotherapy and any other radiation based treatments. I think we'll view it in the same way as we do mercury cures in history.

Also removing organs as a treatment - ie tonsilectomies, hysterectomies, gall bladder removal, thyroidectomies...

@stargirl1701 For many people, prednisolone creates very extreme side effects of mental health, including feeling suicidal. It also says in the leaflet that you absolutely must not prescribe it to anyone with bipolar disorder, and I totally understand why after experiencing the hideous side effects. I have told the hospital in no uncertain terms that I refuse to take it ever again. Bear in mind that people with Crohn's and other conditions often have to take it for at least six weeks, sometimes longer.

Also colons. I hope there'll be a better way one day.

It's the devil's drug.
Massively effective at reducing inflammation, gives a feeling of well-being but is incredibly difficult to stop. High risk of osteoporosis if taken long term.
It's fine if you have a short course but if on for more than 3 weeks it's hard to stop.
I was put on it in 2020 for RA. It works like a miracle but it took me a painful year to get off it and I now have osteoporosis. (Of course I may have developed it anyway).

Oh this, definitely. 20 years of practicing CBT for an anxiety disorder,(please don’t tell me I must not have been doing it right - I was a poster child for CBT), and I end up with an exhausted, stressed, ill body and still have the anxiety.

I think it must work for some people but they must stop insisting it works for all.

I think there will be loads!

• cosmetics and their chemical content. I’m sure they are no good.
• processed food will be revealed as killing us - not just Maccy D’s but basics like cereal and (processed) bread. I reckon modern ‘packaged’ / processed food is actually really damaging and full of chemicals.
• Domestic cleaning products and fragrances home products like scented candles - already known as a serious carcinogenic but I think will become very obvious and a known risk to the point it will be seen like smoking or vaping.
• I think it will come out aswell that car exhaust particles are really really really bad news and we are all way way over exposed. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it was revealed that toxic vehicle particles cause dementia or other slow degradation Illnesses.

@Leavesofautumn

I would not like to see it banned. It has saved my life and the life of my DC. It is used as a one-off 'shot' before injectable adrenaline in an allergic reaction.

Suffering through Chicken pox. It should go the way of small pox. Boggles my mind that the UK doesn’t vaccinate against it when so many countries do.

In a similar vein, I hope, suffering through 3+ common colds per year. Can’t wait for them to find a cure for those. They’re not terrible but they’re bloody annoying. The COVID vaccines have given me some hope. 🤞

Try and tell your GP that you’ve made an informed decision to opt out and they act as they you’ve decided to go and swim with sharks. There’s much more common health risks for women out there such as diabetes and heart attacks but they act as though this rare cancer is a high risk to us all.

What’s wrong with Prednisilone? It saved my DDs life a few times

That you have to give 30 days notice to cancel a mobile contact, that you are out of contract with.

Last January I gave 30 days cancellation notice, for a contract that was supposed to have ended two months pervious.

It would be fair, to cancel it on the day off the call, or if the customer wants to extend it. Let them.

You can’t buy codeine otc in Australia anymore. The problem with this, at least for migraine sufferers in my family, is that you know need a GP appointment to access codeine for migraine pain. Given the waiting times to see a GP it just doesn’t work.

As the only otc alternatives for pain relief are now paracetamol and the anti-inflammatories, I’m wondering if more people are taking too much of those (and endangering their lives) in an effort to quell their pain.

Vaping.

Also, every time I see a kid on a scooter I think there's going to be a whole generation with some kind of wonky hip/leg issues from scooting with the same one leg all the time.

ECT
Air pollution from cars

Endometriosis taking 9 years to diagnose, let alone treat.

Autustic, traumatised, abused, subject to homophobia, confused teens believing they're trans and being medically and surgically damaged.

Families of people with severe mental illness getting zero help.

Women consistently being given less pain relief than men.

Women being more likely than men to die in surgery with a male surgeon.

That the waiting time for operations can sometimes be years and sometimes months to see a specialist

That our health care system is not treated as a priority it deserves in terms of staffing and funding

Or even acknowledged as not working and revolutionised

Stopping puberty in confused young people. Creating a cohort of adults with the bodies of prepubescent children, with no sexual function.

GP surgery not open on weekends

THIS

Not seeing mental health as treated and directly related to social circumstances

So true.

Medicalising "shit life syndrome", and throwing pills at it.

Treating being worried about things like exams as something that needs GP attention.