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It's Monday, everybody's favourite day! Lets start the week off with something a little easier going than "How are health conditions categorised". Unfortunately, this post is also a bit dry, but tomorrow's will be better, I promise.
I need to address the use of … View moreHi all
It's Monday, everybody's favourite day! Lets start the week off with something a little easier going than "How are health conditions categorised". Unfortunately, this post is also a bit dry, but tomorrow's will be better, I promise.
I need to address the use of capital letters in my last post: Scientifically and grammatically, it was wrong. You may have noticed that I (usually) didn't use capital letters for diseases. This was deliberate.
My Health myself is all about us gaining control and asserting mastery over our health conditions. Wherever possible it should be we who control the condition, not the condition that controls us. By removing the capital letter, I wanted to demonstrate that we don't extend to health conditions the same courtesy and respect that we accord the people living with said conditions.
Like all good rules, however, there are exceptions. I kept the capital where the name of the disease was an acronym (like COPD), the first word of a sentence, or the name of the individual who discovered it.
This is neither correct nor is it good writing, but it was my small act of defiance and rebellion against our health conditions and, short of a major controversy, it is the method I will use in future posts. In professional circumstances, of course, I will continue to do the right thing.
So what is today's take home message?
Don't show your LTC respect, show it who really owns the capital.
Until tomorrow, take care everyone
Gavin
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So why did a couple of conditions appear in yesterday's list more than once? This is because of the way health conditions get categorised. This is in fact a very complicated subject, but I just want to illustrate a couple of examples of why health language can be so confusing.
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So why did a couple of conditions appear in yesterday's list more than once? This is because of the way health conditions get categorised. This is in fact a very complicated subject, but I just want to illustrate a couple of examples of why health language can be so confusing.
A disease can be categorised by what causes it: The term autoimmune means the body's own defences destroy its own cells. Type 1 diabetes melitus (T1DM) was in our list, and it occurs when the beta cells in the pancreas are mistakingly destroyed by immune cells. T1DM can be said to be an autoimmune disease.
A disease can be categorised by the system that is affected: Because beta cells produce a hormone called insulin, and the system that regulates hormones is called the endocrine system, T1DM can be said to be an endocrine disorder.
Diseases are categorised in a lot of other ways too, but cause and system are the most common, especially for LTCs. Essentially, all these categories are just a way for health professionals to be as specific and accurate as possible; but it can sometimes seem as though there are a dozen different names for the same thing. You'll be pleased to know we won't teach you all these terms on a My Health myself course, but we will show you some ways you can help your health professional communicate more effectively with you.
Take care every one
Gavin
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