Paradox711 t1_j5thbda wrote
Reply to comment by HobgoblinKhanate1 in TIL about medically unexplained symptoms, almost 1/4 of all people who visit a GP in the UK have phsyical conditions that cannot be explained by gorge_orwoll
What do you mean?
machisuji t1_j5twg8t wrote
Most of the treatments we have simply treat the symptoms. Say you have a viral lung infection. Not much they can do. Just give you maybe painkillers and stuff to surpress coughing too much. But the actual healing has to be done by the body and what ever they give you doesn't actually help with that. Just makes the time til you're healed more bearable.
Though with other things like a bacterial infection they can help by giving antibiotics.
substantial-freud t1_j5vhwpu wrote
Anti-viral drugs are a thing.
machisuji t1_j5vigew wrote
True but you won’t get any for the flu.
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