First of all, it was because the medical conditions in the Eastern Han Dynasty were not good; secondly, it was because the kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty were dissolute and indulged in enjoyment, which led to physical deterioration; and finally, it was because they were poisoned.
There were eighteen kings in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but their average lifespan was only 27 years old, and there were many young emperors, and the proportion of young emperors was close to one-third of the total number of kings in the Eastern Han Dynasty, among which the youngest The young emperor Liu Long ascended the throne after only a hundred days, but he could not escape the fate of premature death. He died in infancy after reigning for only more than two hundred days. The reason for all this is related to the political environment and medical environment of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time were addicted to enjoyment and extravagant, and they did not pay attention to their own health and did not exercise. Most of the offspring of the Eastern Han Dynasty kings married early and got pregnant early, which resulted in their offspring being physically weak. And the descendants repeat the debauched life, and the cycle goes on and on, and the genes get worse and worse. It was already deficient in nature and not exercised, so the bodies of the kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty were not very healthy. A chaotic work and rest schedule coupled with an improper lifestyle creates its own reasons.
The medical level in the Eastern Han Dynasty was also extremely low. Although there were hundreds of people in the imperial hospitals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the medical skills of the imperial doctors were not very good, and they could not even be called medical skills, because some of the imperial doctors used medical skills and witchcraft at the same time when treating diseases. Under this extremely feudal medical skills, minor illnesses would be cured. He cured serious diseases, and at the same time, even worse, directly poisoned the imperial family of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At the same time, there were many young emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the dictatorship of the queen mother emerged. The queen mother even had the power to depose the emperor. The Queen Mother's dictatorship led to a series of coups, especially the serious struggles between eunuchs and relatives. The victims of the struggle were the young emperors, and several young emperors were poisoned during the struggle.