It is semantics but then words matter if you're the one affected - having the doctor say you have a condition would be better than having a disease. I guess it

It is semantics but then words matter if you're the one affected - having the doctor say you have a condition would be better than having a disease. I guess it depends on your definition of disease, which is technically broad in the literal sense of an abnormal negative medical condition. A condition in itself can be positive or negative and also has an implied connotation that it's just the current state. Seem to be hitting that original argument about labeling things that are on a spectrum, where a condition could becalled a disease once it reaches a cetain state. Disease does imply a level of sickness and incapacitation, and maybe a permanent state? Alternatively we could classify and reclassify disorders but the general public gets left way behind. EDIT: There's also the notion that a disease is something you catch, which given our understanding of viruses and bacteria in triggering various diseases and conditions (and potentially some cancers) maybe excludes genetic and environmentally caused conditions?