For people with lifelong conditions, it's not just about the risk of having to sell their home due to uncapped care costs.

However, they all have one thing in common: They offer only a temporary solution to what for many people is a lifelong and chronic condition.

Most often, it's a lifelong condition that a person is born with.

Although Cushing's is typically a lifelong condition, the disease usually can be managed with medications.

Psoriasis is a chronic, lifelong condition that can be controlled with treatment.

Coeliac disease is a lifelong condition, where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues.

Although some people may have only one episode, bipolar disorder is often a lifelong condition.

But it can be acute, and one episode does not mean it is a lifelong condition.

Even though osteoarthritis is a lifelong condition, it doesn't have to take over your life.

Once someone is diagnosed with a chronic lifelong condition, they face problems such as: