Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for untimely death

Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for premature deaths across the globe, three times more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined; and fifteen times more than all wars and other forms of violence. It kills more people than smoking, hunger and natural disasters.

In some countries, it accounts for one in four deaths. Pollution kills the poor and the vulnerable. Nearly 92% of pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Children face the highest risks because exposures to chemicals in utero and in early childhood can result in lifelong disease, disability, premature death, as well as reduced learning and earning potential.

Pollution is closely tied to climate change and biodiversity. Fossil fuel combustion in higher-income countries and the burning of biomass in lower-income countries accounts for 85% of airborne particulate pollution.

 Major emitters of carbon dioxide are coal-fired power plants, chemical producers, mining operations, and vehicles. Accelerating the switch to cleaner sources of energy will reduce air pollution and improve human and planetary health.
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Surviving cancer can cause post traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD is an anxiety disorder, experiencing a frightening or life-threatening situation may cause PTSD. It is associated with traumatic events such as war, physical attacks, natural disasters and accidents.

PTSD can affect people with a history of cancer, those undergoing the treatment, pain from the cancer and potential for the cancer to reoccur. Common symptoms of PTSD are:
nightmares, bad memories, hopelessness and shame.

Cancer patients are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder PTSD after the trauma of treatment. Cancer treatment can cause mental illness, the shock of the diagnosis and the fear of a recurrence can cause mental illness.

Mental fog often experienced by breast cancer patients after chemotherapy might be due to post-traumatic stress than the drugs and the process of treatment. It may cause nightmares, flashbacks, numbness, self-destructive behaviour, feelings of guilt and hopelessness.

The shock and trauma of being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease and receiving treatment that can be both physically and mentally gruelling are the major cause of PTSD.
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