Iatrogenic Disease

February 18, 2005

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:32 pm

Post subject: IATROGENIC DISEASE

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Iatrogenic disease sounds like a pretty nasty disease. Now that I have studied

this " disease " I believe it is the scariest of all diseases!

I came to know about Iatrogenic disease when about a year ago a woman called me

concerned about something written on her husband's death certificate. The cause

of death was written as a cardiac arrest, contributory (or secondary) cause of

death was " IATROGENIC DISEASE " .

She was so concerned for her children's health, because her husband went in for

tests and never left the hospital. She was concerned that her children may

inherit it. She couldn't find out about getting them tested for the

predisposition to this disease. When she asked her doctor he sternly said not to

worry about it, but would not elaborate on why she needn't worry.

After researching this " DISEASE " (If you want to research merely look in the

dictionary) I was shocked to find out the definition, which is: " Iatrogenic -

caused or aggravated by medical treatment. " In other words her husband died

directly because the doctor screwed up!!!

While researching this I also found out that an Idiopathic disease is given as a

diagnosis that means the the doctor doesn't have the foggiest idea what is wrong

with the patient.

Samuel Thompson said it best when contemplating why the medical profession would

develop its base lingo in Latin a language which was already a dead language,

" except it were to confuse and deceive the common people "

Personally I think the name of these two " diseases " are extremely misleading. It

seems that these large and unusual names are the medical professions way of

covering up their mistakes and shortcomings. That's why I consider these two

diseases as the scariest of all.

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