Understanding the fundamentals of functional medicine
The human body is a combination of complex organs that are interlinked to perform different functions. The operation of one organ can affect the operation of another organ causing the body to feel sickly. Diseases and infections target one organ or the entire body and it can be very difficult to treat them fully. Many doctors do their research based on broad spectrums and they treat overall diseases depending on the symptoms without making a specialized check. This puts the patients at risk as what could be affecting this patient could be different from what is affecting the other but the symptoms could be similar.
The field of medicine that is known as functional medicine deals with very specific medical cases as it deals with every individual as a different person on his own. This means that all the underlying causes of the disease are easily identified since they use the systems – oriented approach where both the patient and the practitioner are engaged fully in a therapeutic partnership. This means that the cause of the disease is known at the end of the day and only the real cause is treated. This give healing a chance and the priority of treating the wrong disease is reduced.
The world is a dynamic place to be in and everything including medicine keeps changing from time to time. It is important that the doctors move with the current times. For example, the medical needs of the 21st century keep evolving and there is a shift from the traditional approach where research and treatment were disease cantered to functional medicine where whole person is examined. This eliminates situations where treatment focuses on an isolated set of symptoms and at times they end up missing the whole cause of the disease.
There are trained clinicians and medical doctors who deal with functional medicine. They are trained to be hospitable to their patients as they deduce vital information that will help them make a sound decision. They take their time to make specific observations and to listen to the patients’ history to have a clear understanding of the case that is before them. They look at the immediate environment and they do a genetic research to identify any issues not to mention the lifestyle issues that they raise in terms of their capability to affect the health of the patient in the long term and lead to chronic diseases.
The whole idea of functional medicine is to give every individual a unique treatment depending on their health condition. It moves away from the general treatments where symptoms take centre stage. This is an idea that embraces a person as a whole and it is possible to identify other issues that could show up later and get the whole treatment at once. This is so far the best approach in specialized treatment and handling of chronic issues that affect many people around the world.
