The hardest chronic illness to live with is ALS or Amyotrophic Laterial Sclerosis as well as Multiple Sclerosis.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and is a progressive disease that affects the nerves that control voluntary muscle movement and leads to paralysis and a shortened life expectancy.
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease also known as MS that attacks your central nervous system and causes a wide range of symptoms like numbness and pain as well as fatigue.
Other chronic illnesses that are hard to live with are cystic fibrosis, COPD, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's and dementia.
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects your lungs and your digestive system and leads to mucus buildup and respiratory problems.
COPD is a progressive lung disease which makes it more difficult to breath.
Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder that causes problems with movement such as stiffness and tremors.
Alzheimer's disease and dementia are conditions that cause the progressive decline in memory, mental abilities and cognitive functions.
Diabetes and schizophrenia are also hard to live with.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that leads to delusions, hallucinations and other cognitive difficulties and diabetes is a metabolic disorder which affects how your body uses sugar for energy and can lead to a various different complications if not treated and managed.
The most common disease in the elderly is heart disease as well as other chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or hypertension.
Hypertension or high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases also known as heart disease is the most prevalent in the elderly.
These health conditions are also often linked to lifestyle factors as well as the natural process of aging.
Other common diseases in the elderly are Alzheimer's disease, dementia, arthritis, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
Cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and even ischemic heart disease as well as heart failure and coronary artery disease are the leading causes of death and disability in the elderly.
These conditions can also lead to serious complications such as strokes and heart attacks.
High blood pressure also known as hypertension affects a large percentage of older adults including the elderly, and hypertension can contribute to cardiovascular problems as well as other health issues.
Arthritis is a major source of pain and disability in the elderly and older adults and causes inflammation and joint pain.
Diabetes also increases the elderly persons or anyone else's risk of cardiovascular disease, neuropathy adn kidney disease which makes it a significant concern for the elderly and older adults.
Chronic kidney disease is also common in the elderly and requires a kidney transplant or dialysis for the person to live.
Alzheimer's disease and dementia are two neurological conditions that effect some elderly people and can impact a persons cognitive function and daily living significantly.
COPD also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung disease that causes breathing difficulties and respiratory issues in the elderly or anyone else.
COPD is common in people who smoke or have smoked but you can also get COPD without smoking and by being around others that smoke or by inhaling smoke from the air or even from pollution.