Sunday, November 27, 2005

What exactly is a comorbidity anyway?

What an Interesting word. I have spent lots of time in recent months trying to figure this word out. Well Morbid seems to be the root of it so it has to be something not so plesent. I have wondered what relation is has to death. Looking at fraises like “Morbid Curiosity” when looking at potentially fatal car accidents while driving down the road or “She has a morbid fascination” someone who may be most interested in death well. Ok so you can see my imagination was taking a Morbid tone (I’m so Punny J). I didn’t believe that I had the right understanding of this word Comorbidity…

First lets look at the root of the word first according to http://www.dictionary.com/

Morbid (môr b d) adj.

Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: “He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses” (Edgar Allan Poe).
Characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
Gruesome; grisly.

I decided to find out what exactly “Morbidity” was before I looked up its “co”:

mor·bid·i·ty (mô;r-bd-t) n.
1. The quality of being morbid; morbidness.
2. The rate of incidence of a disease.

Finally the topic at had the infamous “Comorbidity”

co·mor·bid·i·ty (k môr-b d -t ) n.
According to dictionary.com it means this:

A concomitant but unrelated pathological or disease process.

I also looked it up at http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/ their definition was a little more detailed it was:

The presence of coexisting or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.


Alright we will now get to the point. These are the Comorbidities that I have personally and is the main reason I chose this surgery. Loosing this weight will correct 99% of these issues.

Known
High Cholesterol
Chronic Deterioration of lumbar spine
Joint disorders
Pinched Sciatic Nerve
Shortness of Breath
Depression
GERD
Sleep Apnea
Psychosocial impairments


Suspected
High Blood Pressure
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Diabetes runs in family
Pseudotumor cerebri
Chronic fatigue
Acne and other skin Disorders

These are the reasons I chose surgery.... Just in case you were wondering
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