Western diagnosis

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In regard to Western diagnoses, I can still remember my teachers saying: " do

not be too concerned with the western diagnosis- treat what you see, and you

will do right by your patients " . A case in point is an elderly patient I see

who has been diagnoses with congestive heart failure and ulcers. This

patient does not currently, nor in the past, have any symptoms of either, yet

has been put on medication for both. He is currently getting second opinions

and discussing discontinuing his meds with his doctor. I've treated him twice

for sciatic pain, for which he did have signs and symptoms, and which has now

ceased to bother him. Thus, in designing the treatment plan for this patient,

there was no need to consider either the diagnosis or the meds.

Gina