2006-06-12 11:17:33 · 17 answers · asked by gracielay101 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
curing is getting rid of it entirely. treating it means your just making it livable but you still have it
2006-06-12 11:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by l81ucky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cures-healings are forms of treatment, but not all treatments are cures. Cures are supposedly permanently end a condition whether we know the treatment or cause of healing or not. The body ITSELF treats diseases for us constantly by thousands of homeostasis mechanisms it utilizes dynamically and constantly, so our body-cells-tissues-organs is-are our own physician in some instances, and our body dispenses huge numbers of chemicals-drugs for us. IF body can't do it alone, we may seek help from various forms of help out there, from traditional allopathic AMA type medicne or surgery to currently less traditional "holistic treatments," including folk medicine, home remedies or faith healings. Treatments can help alleviate the symptoms, but may NOT get rid of a condition. Diseases can be infectious and non-infectious, chronic, acute, genetic, non-genetic. Thus "treatment" is a very general word and might just mean something as simple as "take an asprin and drink water and take bedrest" or might be treated with complex plan or strategy using many chemical, surgical, energetic modalities.
2006-06-12 23:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treating alleviates the symptoms. Curing gets rid of the disease.
2006-06-12 18:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by williegod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curing a disease means getting rid of it forever. Treating it is simply controlling the symptoms.
2006-06-17 15:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curing means you got rid of the disease. Treating means you are "treating" the symptoms, but you are not eliminating the disease.
Many of fairly common diseases fall in the "treatment" category. Those include diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease. Sometimes, such diseases are often referred as chronic ailments. This suggests that with the current state of medicine these ailments are incurable, but they can be treated so that their symptoms can be moderated somewhat.
2006-06-13 13:53:49 · answer #5 · answered by Gaetan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in curing a disease the person will probably never get the disease again but, in treating a disease like cancer or a cold the person could get infected again.
2006-06-13 00:09:55 · answer #6 · answered by selifash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curing means actually ridding the body of a disease
Treating means dealing with the symptoms mostly but you would still have the disease
For example, Pink Eye is curable
Aids is treatable
2006-06-12 20:53:15 · answer #7 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You treat symptoms to help alleviate the patient's condition. To cure them is to irreversibly remove the disease.
2006-06-12 18:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by -j. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
curing is getting rid of the disease ie it's totally gone but treating it is making it better ie you still have it.
2006-06-13 08:33:47 · answer #9 · answered by kara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
treating - does not remove disease,but makes it slow down and reduces the badness
cure - remove disease and person is now rid of that disease
2006-06-12 18:19:36 · answer #10 · answered by kev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋