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When we attack disease, the body is the battlefield

When we get sick, our first inclination is to attack the disease, usually with a drug.

Those of us who were raised with this mindset of the “attacking the disease” see it as the only logical way to treat a sick person, and we are disappointed by any doctor who adopts a “wait and see” approach.

But there is a downside to attacking disease. It’s damage done to the body, not from the disease but by the treatment itself. Remember that when you attack a disease, the battlefield is your body.

In the real world, we pay a steep price for attacking disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates that adverse reactions to prescription drugs are the fourth leading cause of death. From 1995 to 2000, the estimated costs of treating problems caused by prescription drugs more than doubled, from $77.6 billion to $177.4 billion.

If “disease attacking” is all you have ever known, it might seem there are no other options. When you are exposed to alternatives, such as wellness care, there is a tendency not to see them as legitimate because they do not share the basic premise that a disease should be mercilessly attacked. The idea that most diseases are best treated by restoring the body’s function to normal — that you can work with the body instead of against the disease — is foreign, even threatening to some.

When I am starting to work with a patient using wellness care, I usually begin by giving them a new way of thinking about their health. Their high blood pressure will not be attacked. Instead, we will support the function of the kidneys and adrenals, with acupuncture and natural supplements, and work to eliminate any sources of stress in the body, such as chronic joint and muscle problems in the low back or a poor diet. Their digestive problems will not be treated with drugs or surgery. Instead, we will determine if they are reacting to any common foods, such as wheat or dairy, then use natural treatments to restore the normal function of the stomach, gall bladder, large intestines, etc.

For many patients, this approach allows them to get off some of their medications. They no longer need them to fight the battle against a “disease” that was never really there. Their problems stemmed from a body that was out of alignment, dysfunctional, stressed and toxic. Most of us respond better to a course of treatment that resolves these underlying problems than to using drugs that only add to the body’s toxic burden.

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