As the epidemic prevention and control policies are gradually relaxed, many new topics have become hot topics. Today I will talk to you: Is " asymptomatic infected person " considered a disease?
To talk about this topic, we must first know what the concept of "disease" is.
So how do you define the concept of "disease" in ancient Chinese culture?
The word "disease" was first seen in . The original meaning of disease is "difficult", and thus it is extended to refer to "spiritual" and "body", and even extended to problems at the level of "country", "people" and "society". Such as troubles, critical condition, disasters, etc. After the Warring States period , it changed from critical condition to severe illness and disease.
" Shuowen Jiezi " Definition is "disease" that is, "sickness is sick"
" Kangxi Dictionary " says "illness" is "worry", "hardness", "hate", "dord", "dord", "short" It can be seen that in ancient Chinese culture, disease refers to "Bad", "or very bad", "spiritual" and "physical" problems,
"Modern Chinese Dictionary " explains it as: unhealthy phenomena of organisms: such as diseases, symptoms, cases, illnesses, illnesses, causes, illnesses, illnesses, illnesses, critical illnesses, deaths, sicknesses, sicknesses, and disability; and: shortcomings, errors, grammatical diseases, common diseases, diseases, damages, disasters; dissatisfaction, blame, criticism; irritability, worry, etc.
Why is it said that "asymptomatic infected persons" may not be considered "disease" in the future?
According to the above definition, whether a "disease" depends on whether a factor causes harm to the body, whether it causes bad or even very bad harm. Obviously, according to observations, the current Omickron strain has super strong contagious ability and is very likely to cause large-scale infection in the future. But on the other hand, a large number of people may be infected, but there are no symptoms and no harm to the body, so it does not constitute the concept of "disease".
For example, there are also a large number of various bacteria in our body, such as various intestinal bacteria, many even beneficial parasites, and we do not call them "disease"; for example: Hepatitis B virus, we know that many people have hepatitis B virus parasitic in their livers. When we check that the hepatitis B carrier has not caused harm to your body or liver, we just call such people "hepatitis B virus carriers", but we do not call them "disease" of hepatitis B.
Therefore, in the future, asymptomatic infections are likely to be defined as not a disease.
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