Not too long ago, about 50 years ago, the average age in our country was 50, whereas today the average lifespan is 78. There are many reasons for this; environmental conditions, nutrition, protection from infection, etc. like. I think the most important thing is the developments in medical science. As medicine develops, human lifespan becomes longer. I remember it like it was yesterday, when I entered the Faculty of Medicine in 1977, the average blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol levels of the patients were different. We would first ask a patient coming to the hospital his age; Let's say he said 70, we would put 1 in front of it and say that your blood pressure is 170, that is, 17 is normal among the public, but the situation was the same for blood sugar, we would ask your age, let's say 60, we would put 1 in front of it and say your blood sugar is 160, normal. But is it like that now? Guidelines say not to raise systolic blood pressure above 14. In recent studies, it is said that when the level exceeds 12, be careful, and at 13, start taking medication according to the situation. The same is true for blood sugar. We say that below 100 is good regardless of age, and we make efforts with or without medication to bring it to these values. Again, the cholesterol value was 280 in the past. Now we accept 200 as normal and even lower it to 150 if there is a problem with the veins. Well, when we look back, I ask if we were doing something wrong. Yes, we were doing something wrong and incompletely. In the future, when the average human life expectancy exceeds 100, we will say that what we did today was wrong and incomplete. But according to the conditions of the day, our knowledge was so much, we accepted it as correct according to the conditions of that day, and according to the conditions of that day, it is wrong or insufficient, as long as we do not stay with the old information.
What I mean is that medicine is constantly developing and we, doctors, are We must keep up with this development. You cannot practice medicine with the information you had 30 years ago, because being a doctor is the most ungrateful profession. Most of the information from 30 years ago is wrong or insufficient today, so if you are practicing medicine with the information of 30 years ago, put your diploma in the drawer and definitely retire.
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