Saturday, December 05, 2009

Disorder disorder disorder

Cannot let the accusation of not knowing disease from disorder go unchallenged. This is what wikipedia says: "A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and signs.[1][2][3] It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In human beings, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories." I of course referred to epilepsy in the broader sense!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ah, but thats just another example of why you should never use wikipedia as an authority for any kind of information

Witchbitch said...

I will continue to find the information that supports my statements :)