3 Russian diseases: the inhabitants of Russia suffer from them most often

Australia holds the record for the number of diagnosed cases of skin cancer in the anti-ranking. Residents of Central Asia and the Caucasus are more likely than others to suffer from diseases of the esophagus, intestines and stomach. Natives of the Far North are practically forbidden to drink alcohol – after all, their body has a reduced amount of enzymes responsible for the breakdown of alcohol in the blood.

Of course, today people are migrating more and more and living completely differently from how their ancestors lived for centuries in their small homelands. Nevertheless, some characteristics are still stored in our genes. It is these nuances that medical geography studies – as well as how weather factors affect our health.

Numerous studies indicate that the following diseases are the most common in Russia.

Hypolactasia is a type of metabolic disorder that makes a person lactose intolerant. In one form or another, a similar disease occurs in almost a third of Russians – and many people do not even suspect it, although they try to drink milk less often.

However, with the development of cattle breeding, a mutation occurred in our body, and dairy products began to appear more and more often in the diet of adults. True, in Russia milk began to be produced on an industrial scale much later than in Europe, for example. Therefore, lactose intolerance is more common here than in the West.

Read also: Milk allergy: how it manifests itself and how to replace dairy products

Pneumonia, bronchitis and other conditions that start with a cold are more common in Russia due to weather conditions. Every year, the statistics of Russians suffering from diseases of the upper respiratory tract are very high and disappointing. Moreover, this trend was observed long before the appearance of the covid!

In fact, VVD is a disease invented in the USSR. In the medical classifications of other countries, it is absent, and each symptom is considered separately. Nevertheless, Russians still very often complain of a whole series of ailments: water hammer, shortness of breath, fainting eyes and great fatigue. It’s likely that all of these symptoms are due to a lack of micronutrients – as well as many people’s lack of understanding of the basics of a healthy lifestyle.