It is that notion in modern people "pain must go away, fast!" that makes things worse.

Because people think that way, many will go to hospital and get said: There is nothing we can do for you (anymore).

And wait some years, than the problem will widespread.

We are indeed really lucky: Only 100 years before, there was no cure for many diseases where we just throw a pill today. But we today just take it for granted and we gamble the advantage away. They day will come and has yet come, that nature is throwing back onto us.