What medical conditions seem more common now than when you were growing up?

Asthma. When I was at secondary school, there were only two of us who suffered in the whole school which had about a 1000 pupils. Now it seems really common.

Hip and knee replacements. I never knew anybody with these. Nor my parents' generation.

Athsma.

ADHD

Casdon

Anything gynaecological used to be bundled up as ‘women’s troubles’, and spoken of in hushed tones.

Yes, periods were ‘that time of the month’ and the menopause was ‘the change’ which were never discussed and so didn’t exist.

Anything gynaecological used to be bundled up as ‘women’s troubles’, and spoken of in hushed tones.

Plevey08

Multiple autoimmune diseases
Inflammatory bowel problems
Depression and anxiety
Obesity
Migraine
Sepsis
Hemaroids

Oh haemorrhoids existed OK only they were called piles!

Slight change of subject but I remember my parents saying that people had had a nervous breakdown. I also remember people being alcoholics but with visible signs like very red, shaking etc. My mother knew an elderly lady who she referred to as being senile. My grandmother and godmother were weeks in hospital having their cataracts removed. This was all early 60s.

Multiple autoimmune diseases
Inflammatory bowel problems
Depression and anxiety
Obesity
Migraine
Sepsis
Hemaroids

Gosh yes, definitely autism.

Autism and many other mental health issues.

My gran must have had osteoporosis. She was under 5' when I knew her (from 60 onwards). She had 11 children carried to term on an insufficient diet.

She was crippled up & bent & had no teeth, but she wasn't diagnosed with osteoporosis - she just used to say "it's the rheumatics, the doctor can't do anything."

Three friends all go on about their Spinal stenosis

New knees

Cancers, diabetes, dimenentia, osteoporosis.

Obesity. When I grew up in the 50’s most people, of all ages, were fairly slender.

And sepsis.
That seems newish as new as from 10 years ago onwards.

Autoimmune disorders (over & above the proviso that they were not understood & recognised when I was growing up but some, like MS, certainly did exist.)

There was certainly much less Type 2 diabetes

Thyroid?
Cancer?

I only remember one case of Cancer when I was growing up. Woman in her 40s. People were shocked.
She lived, thankfully.

Allergies and stress.

I do not think they were under reported just under talked about. There used to be what was considered a decent reticence about discussing health problems.

Cancer was seen as a death sentence, so not discussed, acid reflus, was called indigestion and dealt with, often unsuccessfully with Rennies and equivalents.

There was certainly much less Type 2 diabetes. We know that. Dementia was a bit like indigestion some old people went a bit doolally and were looked after in the family. Of course, a shorter lifespan meant that many people died before they suffered from it.

The other thing is that there are now remedies for so many of these diseases. There are far more effective drugs for acid reflux, thyroid problems.

In 1950 life expectancy was 69. In 2025 it is 82. That is an increase of 23 years. However part of this is accounted for by the fall in infant mortality from 32 per 1,000 births in 1950 to 2 in 2025

Sepsis

Diabetes

Dementia

Thyroid problems

Cancer

Acid Reflux

Hernias