Would you still be alive?

Gmol · 19-07-2011 01:09PM #1

Given the improvements in medicine and stuff(always stuff) in this century. Have you had any illness that would have killed you had you been living in the say the 14th century?

Reckon would have been dead at 12 when my appendix burst.

Ghost Buster · 19-07-2011 01:13PM

Gmol wrote: »

Given the improvements in medicine and stuff(always stuff) in this century. Have you had any illness that would have killed you had you been living in the say the 14th century?

Reckon would have been dead at 12 when my appendix burst.

Had I survived cracking my head open aged 4 I would have been more than a little in jeopary with my ruptured appendix aged 15. But had I survived that I think my major potential brain eating ear infection and consequent two bouts of major surgery would have done for me in my twentys:(:eek:

kylith · 19-07-2011 01:13PM

I'd probably be dead from tonsillitis at about age 7. Had a mad high temperature with sensations of floating and everything. Without antibiotics I'd probably have died.

ronkmonster · 19-07-2011 01:14PM

Meningitis when I was 3, which I still nearly died from. So yeah I'd be dead

dlofnep · 19-07-2011 01:14PM

I would probably be better off than I am now.

Ghost Buster · 19-07-2011 01:15PM

kylith wrote: »

I'd probably be dead from tonsillitis at about age 7. Had a mad high temperature with sensations of floating and everything. Without antibiotics I'd probably have died.

Oh yeah. me as well!!!
Is hypocondria terminal?

Kojak · 19-07-2011 01:15PM

No, the 14th century medicine was better. Have a look at this innovative procedure....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning

tan11ie · 19-07-2011 01:19PM

I've never been really ill thank god! and i could count the amount of times on one hand that i've been given an antibiotic. So no..

Spread · 19-07-2011 01:19PM

Heart attack en route to hospital two years ago. Had to change my lifestyle. So I guess 'twould be curtains in the very old days

Wolfe Tone · 19-07-2011 01:22PM

No I would be grand, never had any major illness.

ShiresV2 · 19-07-2011 01:22PM

Septicemia aka blood poisoning when about 6 years old. Got a small graze/cut after falling down, a week later had lost the use of my legs, into hospital, sorted before it progressed upwards to organs.

stupidusername · 19-07-2011 01:23PM

nothing that'd have killed me i dont think. doubt tonsilitis would've killed me.... the broken ankle would probably have meant me being cave bound for life though :pac:

Alter-Ego · 19-07-2011 01:25PM

Nope, no major illnesses so I'd still be kickin' a$$ and taking names without meds.

dlofnep · 19-07-2011 01:25PM

Spread wrote: »

Heart attack en route to hospital two years ago. Had to change my lifestyle. So I guess 'twould be curtains in the very old days

Then again, your diet might not have been conducive to getting a heart-attack.

Biggins · 19-07-2011 01:28PM

Gmol wrote: »

Given the improvements in medicine and stuff(always stuff) in this century. Have you had any illness that would have killed you had you been living in the say the 14th century?

Yes, caught a rare African infection that surely would have finished me off within 48 hours.
As it was, I was lucky to have survived at the time of occurrence, in our present timeline.

Ficheall · 19-07-2011 01:29PM

Could they not reset broken bones in the 14th century?
And wtf would you be doing living in a cave?

Sykk · 19-07-2011 01:29PM

I have psoriasis, I use cream once a week and it's un-noticable. Without treatment, however back in the day I'd have been burned at the stake as there wasn't anything for it!

Same with eczema etc.

tbh · 19-07-2011 01:35PM

I'm diabetic. I'd be dead 16 years this year. I imagine even my parents would be struggling to remember me at this stage, instead of playing with my newborn son.

Buddinplant · 19-07-2011 01:38PM

would have been severly brain damaged if not dead at the age of 9/10. thank the heavens for trainee doctors that actually look at something and say 'ahhh thats not right!'

(although the present day method of my cure is a glorified 20th century trepanning)

Spread · 19-07-2011 01:40PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Then again, your diet might not have been conducive to getting a heart-attack.

Quite possibly a healthier diet in the old days. But then no blood thinners either. And no GOOGLE to be checking up on

seamus · 19-07-2011 01:41PM

I would have died from meningitis at 2 years of age.

LenaClaire · 19-07-2011 01:42PM

Even with modern medicine I had an asthma attack bad enough to nearly kill me when I was 13 so yeah... I would have been dead in the 14th century

problemchimp · 19-07-2011 01:43PM

Stabbed in the neck in London and nearly died in 1989. But then again, I probably wouldn't have been living in London in the 14th century. But then again the black death in Europe wiped out one third of the population of Europe so probably would have been fuucked anyway.

Spread · 19-07-2011 01:44PM

tbh wrote: »

I'm diabetic. I'd be dead 16 years this year. I imagine even my parents would be struggling to remember me at this stage, instead of playing with my newborn son.

Congratulations tbh!

CardBordWindow · 19-07-2011 01:49PM

I had a killer hangover yesterday. If it wasn't for the miracle of panadol, it may have been fatal!

jugger0 · 19-07-2011 01:50PM

Never been sick, eyesight isnt great though... so id probably confuse a bear for a mate and end up being eaten.

EuropeanSon · 19-07-2011 01:53PM

Type 1 diabetes would have done for me before my 10th birthday, I'd imagine.

NTMK · 19-07-2011 01:54PM

Definetley not my mam had juandice while pregnant with me. even at that we were both lucky to survive

stupidusername · 19-07-2011 01:56PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Could they not reset broken bones in the 14th century?
And wtf would you be doing living in a cave?

if you're responding to a specific post, it'd be better to quote it, as otherwise the person generally wouldn't see it

I was ..whats the word, being purposefully ignorant of history in my answer! i've no idea if they could heal bones back then, it's possible, but i'm fairly sure they wouldn't have put metal plates and pins in anyway.

Redlion · 19-07-2011 01:56PM

Wouldn't be dead, but would be losing my eye sight at a gradual rate from a very early age. Probably would be blind now or in the foreseeable future. Thank medicine for glasses!

LadyMayBelle · 19-07-2011 01:56PM

Scarlet fever at 7, would def have have died!
Caught dysentry aged 23 in Cambodia, wouldn't have lasted long then either.

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