Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Breast Cancer or Pneumonia - Which is the bigger epidemic

Breast Cancer or Pneumonia - Which is the bigger epidemic?
I don't know anyone that has had Breast Cancer - but I know several people that have Died from Pneumonia. Another askers question prompted me to ask this one... They need to raise Pneumonia awareness. The people I knew that died from it didn't think they were 'that' sick, kept on working, nursing their symptoms with OTC drugs, not going to the doctor like they should have. Maybe If they had seen a commercial telling them that they might have a life threatening illness, not just a head cold - they might still be alive today.
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Without factual stats, I can only state from personal experience that Breast Cancer is by far the worse. I have had friends die from Breast cancer. While new and innovative means of detection are being sought, due to individual characteristics of a person's anatomy, it is still very difficult to detect. Further, there are too many people that don't perform regular self exams and don't see a doctor regularly for Mammograms. In this same vain, there are misdiagnoses or it is simply NOT detected. Stats for causes of death can be misleading however. Lung Cancer patients may die from complications, such as Pneumonia, but the cause of death will be attributed to Cancer. I will concur with you; more awareness should be made to alert the public of the dangers of Pneumonia, its development and repercussions. Perhaps in time. But for now, as an example of how things are accepted and regarded by the public, just monitor the Pertussis vaccine campaign that is currently in effect. It's being slowly acknowledged by the public. Very slowly.

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