Chronic Illness

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A community/support group for chronically ill people. While anyone is welcome, our number one priority is keeping this a safe space for chronically ill people.

This is a support group, not a place for people to spout their opinions on disability.

Rules

Be excellent to each other
Absolutely no ableism. This includes harmful stereotypes: lazy/freeloaders etc
No quackery. Does an up-to date major review in a big journal or a major government guideline come to the conclusion you’re claiming is fact? No? Then don’t claim it’s fact. This applies to potential treatments and disease mechanisms.
No denialism or minimisation This applies challenges faced by chronically ill people.
No psychosomatising psychosomatisation is a tool used by insurance companies and governments to blame physical illnesses on mental problems, and thereby saving money by not paying benefits. There is no concrete proof psychosomatic or functional disease exists with the vast majority of historical diagnoses turning out to be biomedical illnesses medicine has not discovered yet. Psychosomatics is rooted in misogyny, and consisted up until very recently of blaming women’s health complaints on “hysteria”.

Did your post/comment get removed? Before arguing with moderators consider that the goal of this community is to provide a safe space for people suffering from chronic illness. Moderation may be heavy handed at times. If you don’t like that, find or create another community that prioritises something else.

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Is anyone else worried about the damage this man could do to the health system when Trump gives him an influencial role? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/chronicillness@lemmy.world

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I feel like if he gets his way I’ll be prescribed sunshine, exercise, raw milk, and whatever drug a pharmaceutical bribed him to sell, instead of the immunomodulators I really need.

He’s like a mix of your uncle who thinks your chronic illness would go away if you “go outside and get some sunshine, stop being so negative, and eat more xyz” and your aunt who believes “acupuncture and supplements will cure you and all other medicines are a conspiracy”.

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[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

What I was replying to was about doctors being quick to prescribe pills over other options. And the reason is profit. That is what happens with a for-profit healthcare system.

The doctor goes to pills because they get kickbacks (in various forms), and it isn't like it won't work, so they aren't doing harm, right?

But then it goes to the insurance company, who will decide whether that pill or a different as a generic is the right one. Not a doctor, obviously, just regular people making calls about medicine - decisions based on the profit for the insurer from the deals they have to discount certain medications from certain companies.

And then still it goes back to the pharmacist, who doesn't have that medicine readily available (because they didn't order more in probably), but this brand? Totally the same (and cheaper for them or more expensive for you). And since the insurance company probably owns that large chain pharmacy you go to, its just a question of the best option for best profit for all.

Are you talking about property zoning?