What is an invisible disability?
Invisible disability includes various medical health conditions that are not detectable by the eye. They are, therefore, a hidden disability that can be present in different symptoms, like dizziness, debilitating pain, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, loss of hearing and vision, and neurological impairments. These disabilities need advanced diagnostic techniques to be found. Invisible disabilities can hamper the ability to perform daily tasks, deteriorate the quality of life and cause chronic diseases like diabetes.
10 common invisible disabilities
Chronic pain: It can be caused by injuries, bone, joint and/or back health issues, arthritis.
Chronic fatigue: It makes people feel tired all the time without any apparent reason. It severely affects the ability to perform everyday activities.
Fibromyalgia: It is one of the leading causes of chronic musculoskeletal pain and it can also impair a person’s daily functioning.
Diabetes: When the body is unable to manufacture enough insulin, it can not process glucose causing diabetes. If not effectively controlled, it can lead to cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and kidney issues.
Mental health disorders: They can’t be seen but their symptoms are extreme. Conditions like depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, schizophrenia, ADHD, cause profound impact on a person’s overall health and functioning, and degrades the quality of life.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): It is a specific mental health disorder that is activated by a painful and traumatic event or experience.
Multiple sclerosis: It is a chronic neuromuscular disease that progresses over time and can render the person unable to do daily tasks.
Lyme disease: It is a tick-borne illness that can cause heart problems, eye inflammation, hepatitis, and severe fatigue if allowed to progress.
Crohn’s disease: It is one of many health conditions that are due to irritable bowel disorder. Sometimes, it can lead to life threatening complications.
Traumatic brain injury: It is a bBrain dysfunction that results from an outside force, like a violent blow to the head - mostly caused by car accidents or sports injury.
Invisible disabilities affect a person’s ability to even perform day to day activities like brushing hair, etc. Therefore, it is imperative to adopt early detection and preventive healthcare in one’s lifestyle. Yearly complete body health checkups can help in detecting any abnormalities developing in the body at an early stage. Finding out debilitating health conditions like diabetes early helps in making appropriate medical interventions and lifestyle modifications to manage the condition, and live a better quality of life.
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