18-09-2012, 08:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 19-09-2012, 06:39 AM by Adele Edisen.)
Definition: Iatrogenesis, or an iatrogenic artifact ( /aɪˌætroʊˈdʒɛnɪk/; "originating from a physician") is an inadvertent adverse effect or complication resulting from medical treatment or advice, including that of psychologists, therapists, pharmacists, nurses, physicians and dentists. Iatrogenesis is not restricted to conventional medicine: It can also result from complementary and alternative medicine treatments.
Some iatrogenic artifacts are clearly defined and easily recognized, such as a complication following a surgical procedure. Some less obvious ones can require significant investigation to identify, such as complex drug interactions. Furthermore, some conditions have been described for which it is unknown, unproven, or even controversial whether they are iatrogenic or not; this has been encountered in particular with regard to various psychological and chronic-pain conditions. Research in these areas continues.
Causes of iatrogenesis include chance, medical error, negligence, social control, unexamined instrument design, anxiety or annoyance related to medical procedures,[clarification needed]and the adverse effects or interactions of medications.
Iatrogenesis is a medical term.
Most of the readers here may know that John Kennedy suffered from a condition due to the loss of adrenal gland functions, a potentially lethal condition, known clinically as Addison's disease. Because of this, he had to take a crude extract, made from animal adrenal glands, by injection. This extract contained the hormones produced by the adrenal glands, and for an Addisonian like John Kennedy, the important hormone was Cortisone. A synthesized cortisone was not yet available, in the 1940s, but it was later.
However, the extract which was available in the 1940s contained all the other hormones produced by the adrenal glands. There would be some 40 or 50 substances such as testosterone, estrogen, aldosterone, cortisone and all their precursors in this chemical mix. Because of this treatment, necessary to save his life, John Kennedy was exposed to repeated doses of testosterone, which affects the libido in men and in women, as well.
In that sense, and only in that sense of an ioatrogenic cause, could John Kennedy be classified as hypersexual. But since hypersexuality is a mental condition according to the Psychiatric Manual which could come about from many other causes, I don't think we should classify John Kennedy as having a "mental" condition.
He was sane enough to work for peace all over the work and to support the liberating movements of colonial peoples, and to acchieve the Nuclear Anti-Proliferation Treaty..
Adele
Some iatrogenic artifacts are clearly defined and easily recognized, such as a complication following a surgical procedure. Some less obvious ones can require significant investigation to identify, such as complex drug interactions. Furthermore, some conditions have been described for which it is unknown, unproven, or even controversial whether they are iatrogenic or not; this has been encountered in particular with regard to various psychological and chronic-pain conditions. Research in these areas continues.
Causes of iatrogenesis include chance, medical error, negligence, social control, unexamined instrument design, anxiety or annoyance related to medical procedures,[clarification needed]and the adverse effects or interactions of medications.
Iatrogenesis is a medical term.
Most of the readers here may know that John Kennedy suffered from a condition due to the loss of adrenal gland functions, a potentially lethal condition, known clinically as Addison's disease. Because of this, he had to take a crude extract, made from animal adrenal glands, by injection. This extract contained the hormones produced by the adrenal glands, and for an Addisonian like John Kennedy, the important hormone was Cortisone. A synthesized cortisone was not yet available, in the 1940s, but it was later.
However, the extract which was available in the 1940s contained all the other hormones produced by the adrenal glands. There would be some 40 or 50 substances such as testosterone, estrogen, aldosterone, cortisone and all their precursors in this chemical mix. Because of this treatment, necessary to save his life, John Kennedy was exposed to repeated doses of testosterone, which affects the libido in men and in women, as well.
In that sense, and only in that sense of an ioatrogenic cause, could John Kennedy be classified as hypersexual. But since hypersexuality is a mental condition according to the Psychiatric Manual which could come about from many other causes, I don't think we should classify John Kennedy as having a "mental" condition.
He was sane enough to work for peace all over the work and to support the liberating movements of colonial peoples, and to acchieve the Nuclear Anti-Proliferation Treaty..
Adele