Medical Diagnosis vs Removal Of Cause

Doctors seek out all the signs and symptoms of a disease they could find, group them together, and to the ensemble attach a name. That is diagnosis; to find and name the symptom-complex present. It is NOT to find cause. Diagnosis ignores cause. It seeks only the pathology. The treatment as well, will be directed at the symptom complex and not at the cause. The patient will be given a drug and will respond magically. But even if temporary apparent benefit does follow the administration of the drug, it can last only as long as the drug is given; given perhaps in increasing doses. The drug does not remove cause, it is only a doubtful palliative. As soon as the drug is stopped, and sometimes while it still is being used, the patient will slip back into his prior condition. For the impairing causes are still at work. Doctors have their patients treated scientifically and are up to date with their treatment. They also stop at a half way point in search for cause and often regard symptoms as causes. Only by finding and removing primary causes, can a doctor prevent the recurrence of his patient’s troubles.