2006-09-04 06:46:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
We cure the causes where possible,
We cure the symptoms when the causes are not so easily fixed.
The important thing about curing the symptoms is that it is what was troubling you in the first place.
Classic situation: Gallstones (Cholelithiasis)
For example, many people have gallstones. They sit there and do nothing and cause no trouble. Should these people have an operation to fix them? No. Sometimes operations go wrong and people die. Better that they live happily and ignore the gallstones. We only operate on those people who have bad symptoms from the gallstones. Even then, we try to treat them medically first. Only as a last resort do we operate on them.
2006-09-04 06:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they addressed the root causes of the disease, it would hurt the drug companies profits, and dry up the money to support the research scientists. The American cancer society has been collecting money for 50 years and the Jerry Lewis telethon has been doing the same for 40 years and they still haven't found a cure for cancer or muscular dystrophy either. The reason is that the money has been going for research using synthetic substances instead of natural substances. Drug companies can't patent natural substances and have exclusive rights to sell them. Billions of dollars have been squandered on research that was doomed to failure from the beginning. It is more profitable for doctors to treat your symptoms for the rest of your life than to cure you because then you don't need their services or the drug companies synthetic crap.
2006-09-04 09:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by herbwizard4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's no way for a dcotor to cure a lot of the causes, like obesity, improper diet, and lack of exercise.
On the other hand, when you get antibiotics, that cures the cause of the problem by killing the bacteria, so I'm not quite sure what your point is supposed to be here.
2006-09-04 06:51:57 · answer #3 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Often times, it is not the physician at all, but the insurance company. Most insurers do not cover preventative care and the physician is not willing to "eat" the cost. I'm not sure about other countries, but this is definitely a large issue in the U.S.
2006-09-04 06:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by khender 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you can't cure the cause. Like cancer.
2006-09-04 06:48:39 · answer #5 · answered by spunk113 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it takes time to find causes
until then symptoms are
treated to allay the discomfort
2006-09-04 07:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by healer 2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋