Successfully eradicated diseases. The world has successfuly eradicated two diseases: Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980. Rinderpest was declared eradicated in 2011.
So far, only two diseases have been successfully eradicated—one specifically affecting humans (smallpox) and one affecting cattle (rinderpest).
cancer. dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis.
In 1980, smallpox was the first disease officially declared to be “eradicated.” The last known case of smallpox was caused by a laboratory accident, which led to the death of a person in Birmingham, England in 1978. It's amazing to see how far medical science and technology has progressed in the past century alone.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is not only airborne and lethal; it's one of the most difficult diseases in the world to cure. In Peru, 35-year-old Jenny Tenorio Gallegos wheezes even when she's sitting still. That's because of the damage tuberculosis has done to her lungs.
Stone Man's Disease
This disease is also called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). The heart, diaphragm, tongue, and other extra smooth and eye muscles are the only bodily muscles that do not develop into bones when a person is suffering from this rare disease.
1. Polio. Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease that is caused by poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person's brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis.
To date, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared only 2 diseases officially eradicated: smallpox caused by variola virus (VARV) and rinderpest caused by the rinderpest virus (RPV).
Some diseases can be cured. Others, like hepatitis B, have no cure. The person will always have the condition, but medical treatments can help to manage the disease. Medical professionals use medicine, therapy, surgery, and other treatments to help lessen the symptoms and effects of a disease.
Asymptomatic until symptomatic – silent diseases
These include (but are not limited to): tuberculosis, breast cancer, endometriosis, HIV/AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, chlamydia, hypertension, common colds/flu, and type-2 diabetes mellitus.
Smallpox: 200 years between vaccine and the disease eradication. The last recorded case of smallpox occurred in 1977 in Somalia. The disease was officially declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980.
“We generally say: Several thousand diseases affect humans of which only about 500 have any U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment,” said Cindy McConnell, a spokeswoman at NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
Congenital deafness. Cystic fibrosis. Beta thalassemia. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
The US social infrastructure also has contributed to a rapid rise in TB cases due to adverse socioeconomic factors and an increase in the number of immigrants and people infected with HIV.
Bottom Line. The outlook for rare disease cures is excellent. The ability to make a diagnosis sooner rather than later gives those with the disease more time to identify and participate in promising research and trials.
Researchers have made significant progress in diagnosing and treating rare diseases. However, as most rare diseases still have no treatment, there is still much to be done.
Cardiovascular disease is the top cause of death globally.
How many people have rare diseases? According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there are approximately 7,000 rare diseases affecting between 25 and 30 million Americans. This equates to 1 in 10 Americans, or one on every elevator and four on every bus.
The researchers also predict that by 2030, the three leading causes of illness will be HIV/AIDS, depression, and ischaemic heart disease (problems caused by a poor blood supply to the heart) in the baseline and pessimistic scenarios; in the optimistic scenario, road-traffic accidents will replace heart disease as the ...
Regulators, scientists, clinicians and patient advocacy groups often cite ~7,000 as the number of rare diseases, or between 5,000 and 8,000 depending on the source (see Related links below). Why do estimates of the number of rare diseases vary so widely?
In the United States, a rare disease is one that fewer than 200,000 people live with. (In other words, 60 per 100,000 individuals.) Around the world, rare diseases are identified and addressed differently. The European Union considers a disease rare if it affects no more than 50 per 100,000 people.