Functional Diagnostic Medicine

By Author: Michael L. Dansinger
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Functional diagnostic medicine
Unlike conventional medicine, a new science called sees disease not as an enemy but as an opportunity for change and growth. Like complementary and alternative medicine, it views a person's body as self-regulatory—that is, disease occurs when the self-regulation system gets disrupted or damaged.
Yet, functional diagnostic medicine takes that concept even further. It operates on the premise that, with appropriate diagnostic testing, the root cause of imbalance and disruption can be restored without the use of drugs or harmful treatments.
Functional diagnostic medicine works because it addresses the dynamic processes that cause disease in the first place. For example, if you have a peptic ulcer, a conventional doctor may prescribe an antacid that relieves your symptoms. A functional diagnostic medicine practitioner will seek answers to questions like:

*Why did you develop an ulcer in the first place?
*Was it the result of the invasion of bacteria in the gut?
*Was it related to stress at home, in the workplace, or even a chemical imbalance in your ...
... body?
While functional diagnostic medicine acknowledges that disease and pathology exist, it addresses how a disease actually develops. Then it sets in motion a treatment program to restore functions that aren't working. Symptoms will disappear as a result of this program, versus a prescribed drug masking the symptoms.