To be unhealthy, means that someone is straying away from health.
Health is defined by the World Health Organization as “a state of
complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 2021). This in turn means
that just because one is unhealthy by not exercising eating unhealthy
food or being stuck in a social situation that is damaging to their
emotional health, it does not mean that there is something wrong
with them pathologically. This means that just because someone is
unhealthy, does not mean that have a disease.
Medications are used to treat an imbalance of homeostasis within
the body that the body can no longer manage itself. This could be a
medication to regulate blood pressure, chemotherapy to fight off
cancer or even hormone replacements after the acquired absence of
an organ. If one simply is engaging in unhealthy behaviors, they do
not always need medication. Medication would only be used if the
body could no longer maintain homeostasis after prolonged
unhealthy behaviors persist. I think that sometimes even when an
imbalance of homeostasis exists, medication is not always needed,
because the body has mechanisms to fix the imbalance first. If the
body fails at some point, then we should consider medication
assisted treatment for illness. If we do not let the body try to solve
the problem first, we could be harming the systems within our bodies
more than we know.
Reference:
World Health Organization. (2021). Constitution. WHO. Retrieved
December 16, 2021,
from https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution
