The Future of Healthcare: “Chronic illness is treated like acute illness, but they’re fundamentally different and should be treated as such”, with Dr. Bill Rawls
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15 min readJun 11, 2019
Chronic illness is treated like acute illness, but they’re fundamentally different and should be treated as such. An acute illness results from an isolated acute insult to the body, such as a broken bone or a heart attack, that can be treated with targeted therapy like drugs or surgery. But with chronic illness, the patient’s state of health has been chronically disrupted by long-term exposure to multiple stress factors such as poor diet, stress, a toxic environment, or a sedentary lifestyle, which inhibits the body’s ability to heal itself. Using targeted therapy to solve chronic illness is like patching holes in a failing dam — without solving the structural problem, you’re never going to get ahead. Beyond being complicated and…
