10 Diseases That Are Still Incurable

We like to boast that we are in the age of science and technology. But still, few diseases remain incurable and people suffering from these diseases have no respite. We might say that all these diseases are not fatal, but the fact still remains that these diseases are incurable.

A disease is called incurable when there are no medications to get rid of it completely. For example, when you get a stomach infection, you can have some antibiotics and get well in 3 days. It might take longer to heal but then, it has a cure. But when you catch cold or pick up viral, no medicines can help you. Viral diseases are still incurable. In fact, a severe cold and lung infections can also be termed as a fatal disease in some cases.

The other variety of diseases that are incurable are the chronic ones. Diseases like diabetes and arthritis usually do not kill anybody. But they cannot be cured permanently; you can only control them with medications and by following proper lifestyle. Even for fatal diseases like cancer, the cure is unstable. Cancer is known to reoccur inspite of surgery and chemotherapy. So you cannot really say that cancer is curable.

So, here is a list of 10 diseases that are incurable despite of all the advancements in science and technology.

HIV Aids

People fear the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) purely because it is incurable. There is no vaccine and cure for this disease. All you can do, is to protect yourself from getting this disease that can be transmitted by sexual contact and blood.

Cancer

Cancer has cures like chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. But none of these methods have turned out to be full-proof. These treatments can lengthen the life of a patient but it cannot in most cases cure the disease forever. That is why cancer is called the emperor of all maladies.

Polio

There is vaccination against the Polio virus but if you are infected by this virus, there is no cure for the disease. Most often the virus claims the legs and entire lower half of your body. Polio can also be fatal in infants below the age of one.

Arthritis

This is a chronic disease that causes pain in joints of the body. It is associated with increased levels of uric acid in the body. While some people develop arthritis with age, others might have it even from childhood. There is no conclusive cure for it; you can also take medication to manage the pain.

Common Cold

Something as common as a viral cold is incurable and even fatal. The standard treatment for common cold is that it takes 3 days to come, 3 days to stay and 3 days to go. No medicines will actually help you to get rid of it before the given period.

Influenza

A severe form of cold is influenza. The lungs usually fill with water when you get influenza. Flu can quickly become an epidemic as we have seen in the case of swine flu and bird flu. The worst part is that, flu virus keeps mutating and evolving continuously.

Asthma

Asthma is a respiratory disorder that has no cure in modern medicine. You have to manage it with asthalin which is a bronco-dilater. A good lifestyle with lots of breathing exercises can help but none of the two can cure asthma permanently.

Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic hormone related disorder in which your body becomes resistant to the hormone insulin. This results in high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is not fatal by itself, but it damages all the organ of the body starting from kidneys.

Ebola

This is a severe kind of tropical fever which lead to haemorrhage. The disease gets it name from the river Ebola in Africa where it was first found. Inspite of intensive research still no cure has been found for this virus.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

This is a serious disease that damages the central nervous system and brain cells. There might be a genetic link to this disease but it is not curable by medication.