Doctors observe, document, test, and name diseases; and rarely go beyond their training to diagnose a root cause of chronic disease. Many chronic diseases are a description of symptoms and findings; therefore, treatment is symptomatic. If the doctor tries to explore new means of diagnosis, to find a root cause, the doctor may be blocked by employers, insurance companies or Medicare. A syndrome is a description of a constellation of symptoms, often named after a doctor who first described the…..
Doctors are trained in medical school to diagnose thousands of previously named diseases, the co-morbid conditions for each disease, and how to treat the diseases. Doctors are taught the standard of care, and discouraged from ever deviating from what they are taught. Doctors are discouraged from being creative, or from seeking new solutions to treat chronic disease, with the medications and tools we already have available. Doctors are not taught the root causes of chronic disease or how to diagnose…..