What medical conditions seem more common now than when you were growing up?

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gender dysphoria

All of them as diagnostic medicine has improved and science has advanced 😁

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Why not just say you want a Trans.autism,disability bashing thread?

Because that's what you will get.

ADHD, everyone wants to be diagnosed with it these days, it’s ridiculous.

Hyperemesis gravidarum, I'm sure when I first heard about that it was described as a rare condition.

Broken bones, people with casts everywhere 😅

Bowel cancer. Type 2 diabetes.

I dunno, the one where people think it’s ok to comment and judge other people’s circumstances beyond their control as if they’re better than them for some reason.. what’s it called?!

On the other hand I know less kids with asthma than when I was at school and if anything I live somewhere more polluted now.

Type 2 diabetes,gender dysphoria, obesity.

in other words, people now eat too much and don’t get out much.

POTS, I’m not sure if it is a new thing or just more often recognised no. I often wonder if I have it..
Maybe it’s social media helping people recognise that what is normal for them might not actually be normal I.e nearly fainting every time I get out of bed.

Cancer. When I was young fewer people lived long enough to get cancer - they all popped with heart attacks and strokes.

The cancer stats are interesting. Over 50% are cases diagnosed in over 70s, which makes treatment more of a challenge. My mum had surgery / radiotherapy for breast cancer in her 60s. She turns 80 next month, and is insisting on continuing to have mammograms (privately: NHS stops them at 75). But she’s so much frailer now - I honestly don’t know that she’d survive the same or stronger treatment now.

Allergies! Just so many nowadays.

The urge to start threads on internet forums and never come back to them.

Diabetes. 10% of the NHS budget is spent on diabetes care. Of this 90% is preventable due to lifestyle factors. It’s a national disgrace and if we could fix this then the NHS would get a full 10% uplift due to the savings achieved.

Obesity

Everything. Though the fact I was a child probably has a lot of bearing, as I just wouldn't be aware. Plus the fact, as mentioned already, diagnostic medicine has improved and science has advanced.

If you were angling towards autism and ADHD, I could now identify those in my class in primary school (the were only 16 of us) who if it were now, would most likely have been diagnosed and got support, rather than abuse.

Hi i, hope this is reassuring to you, but BC in older women tends to be slower growing and less aggressive and is often controlled (depending on type) with hormonal medication which for some women is well tolerated. So if she does find something it’s not surgery/chemo/radio or nothing. A lot of the harsh treatment for younger women is to reduce chance of it coming back over next 20 years which obviously wouldn’t be a concern if someone is 85 at diagnosis in the way it was when she was 60.

Dementia, arthritis and osteoporosis, as life expectancy increases more people are living long enough to accrue age-related conditions.
A lot of the conditions that seem to proliferate in younger people are more down to increased awareness, screening and diagnosis than increased prevalence.

It’s very under diagnosed among girls and women. We are now playing catchup. I would be in much better health now if I had been diagnosed and treated a few decades ago. I now have several comorbid conditions which I may not have developed. It’s a significant diagnosis that has massive implications for the entirety of your physical and mental healthcare, not an excuse for bad behaviour, as many think. What is more, there is extremely effective treatment. Not getting a diagnosis and treatment is madness.

Asthma. I only knew one child with it in my class. Only a couple of kids wore glasses.

I’d actually say the opposite - it was way more common to see children who had broken an arm / leg when I was at school than it seems to be now.

Possibly because playgrounds have become safer.

Diabetes, obesity, allergies. Autism and ADHD are more commonly diagnosed now but not more common. I have been diagnosed with both in the last few years but I definitely had them when I was a child.

Asthma. I remember there a few people at school with it and my brother had it. I've now got it as has my mum and sister (it's genetic) and several friends with it

Cancer, allergies, diabetes

Nut allergies. Anxiety. OCD has gone down actually, and replaced with ADHD.