- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Do poor people have more health problems?
Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:02 am to LSULyle00690
Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:02 am to LSULyle00690
quote:
8-10 people giving me sob stories about some horrible disease they or their family has.
and 99% of them are liars.
0
Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:10 am to LSULyle00690
Yes. Poverty in and of itself is a disease. It leads to poor access to care and less ability to afford proper care.
Worse, though, is lack of education. Oddly enough, lower education corresponds with more utilization of healthcare resources (ER visits for non emergencies, hospitalizations for poor adherence to diet and/or medications).
Add to that the highest rate of smokers is in poor, uneducated people, and you've added fuel and a spark to the kindling.
Poor education leads to poor families who frequently live in less desirable, older houses nearer major highways and inner cities which lead to higher lead levels which dull IQs. Toss in food insecurity/malnourishment of the young, developing mind, and you've got a cycle that's difficult to break. That same population is at a higher risk of essentially every lifestyle-influenced disease (obesity, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol) which lead to all kinds of secondary health problems because they're less likely at each step:
1) having access to a primary care doctor (and having health insurance isn't the same thing as having access to care)
2) affording medicines (for the diseases listed, a number of fantastic medications can be had for $4/mo, but...)
3) less likely to adhere to regimen (they don't understand why the medicines are important because they don't make them feel immediately better when they take them. They don't understand what a healthy diet is or how food can hurt them. I've read (and believe) that the average Louisiana diet contains 12g of sodium/day (recommended is ~20% of that)).
Worse, though, is lack of education. Oddly enough, lower education corresponds with more utilization of healthcare resources (ER visits for non emergencies, hospitalizations for poor adherence to diet and/or medications).
Add to that the highest rate of smokers is in poor, uneducated people, and you've added fuel and a spark to the kindling.
Poor education leads to poor families who frequently live in less desirable, older houses nearer major highways and inner cities which lead to higher lead levels which dull IQs. Toss in food insecurity/malnourishment of the young, developing mind, and you've got a cycle that's difficult to break. That same population is at a higher risk of essentially every lifestyle-influenced disease (obesity, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol) which lead to all kinds of secondary health problems because they're less likely at each step:
1) having access to a primary care doctor (and having health insurance isn't the same thing as having access to care)
2) affording medicines (for the diseases listed, a number of fantastic medications can be had for $4/mo, but...)
3) less likely to adhere to regimen (they don't understand why the medicines are important because they don't make them feel immediately better when they take them. They don't understand what a healthy diet is or how food can hurt them. I've read (and believe) that the average Louisiana diet contains 12g of sodium/day (recommended is ~20% of that)).
Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:12 am to Hopeful Doc
Most people in rural areas that live below the poverty line smoke and/or use smokeless tobacco... Smoking in particular is the cause of many of their health problems
Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:41 am to LSULyle00690
Yes.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:53 am to LSULyle00690
Yes
Poor usually equals dumb
Dumb people don't usually take care of themselves
Poor usually equals dumb
Dumb people don't usually take care of themselves
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:43 am to CtotheVrzrbck
quote:
No money for health care policies, co-pays, deductibles, medication, organic food, gym memberships, spin and yoga classes, supplements and kale shakes.
But mo' money for smokes, 22 oz. beers at 9 am and high end phones
Posted on 11/12/15 at 7:03 am to LSULyle00690
Obviously virus, disease, and genetics are racist!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 7:36 am to retired trucker
Well frick. Somebody should start protests against Whole Foods to get them to locate in the poor neighborhoods. Where are the SJW's when you need them?
Posted on 11/12/15 at 7:53 am to LSULyle00690
a lot of the poor folk I grew up with have medical problems stemming from using doctor prescribed pills their whole lives.
They would go to the doctor for some ailment like a back spasm and get a pill, which causes this side effect for which they got another pill, which caused them to lose sleep which they got another pill, which raised the blood pressure or other levels to rise for which they get another pill
Pretty soon they are always down and out because their immune system is shot so they have some kind of whopping cough and also retaining fluid in their legs or 1,000 other things.
Most of these folks don't get a problem actually treated because that takes insurance and money. So doctors just throw medications at it and a lot of these people become dependent on multiple different prescriptions, so this along with the chain smoking/drinking/eating causes a lot of poor health.
course sometimes folks are just white trash and health problems could stem from mold in the single wide or smoking some bath tub meth...'Merica!
They would go to the doctor for some ailment like a back spasm and get a pill, which causes this side effect for which they got another pill, which caused them to lose sleep which they got another pill, which raised the blood pressure or other levels to rise for which they get another pill
Pretty soon they are always down and out because their immune system is shot so they have some kind of whopping cough and also retaining fluid in their legs or 1,000 other things.
Most of these folks don't get a problem actually treated because that takes insurance and money. So doctors just throw medications at it and a lot of these people become dependent on multiple different prescriptions, so this along with the chain smoking/drinking/eating causes a lot of poor health.
course sometimes folks are just white trash and health problems could stem from mold in the single wide or smoking some bath tub meth...'Merica!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:06 am to LSULyle00690
your education failed you if this is a serious question.
edit: see hopeful doc's response above.
edit: see hopeful doc's response above.
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 8:14 am
Page 2 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News