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+ | ====== Alternative models for chronic disease | ||
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+ | Some patients have reported feeling better after hyperbaric oxygen therapy. As with any therapy that may cause short-term benefit, there is always the [[home: | ||
+ | =====Autoimmune disease===== | ||
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+ | ===== Environmental causation theory ===== | ||
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+ | Chronic inflammatory diseases have existed for at least thousands of years. Manifestations of both arteriosclerosis can be observed in mummies of ancient Egypt. [[http:// | ||
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+ | This relative consistency of disease prevalence suggests that a number of the proposed environmental causes for disease, like man-made toxins and junk food are not the exclusive cause. | ||
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+ | It has been widely hypothesized that lifestyle factors, including a poor diet and a lack of exercise, are driving what the World Health Organization [[http:// | ||
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+ | In contrast to infectious agents, little evidence implicates typical doses of dietary chemicals as primary causes of human cancer, probably because humans have evolved effective flexible enzymatic systems for degrading potentially carcinogenic chemicals. | ||
+ | ===== Co-infections / Viral infections ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Genetic predisposition theory ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Psychosomatic explanations for disease ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Single pathogen theory ===== | ||
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+ | There are currently a range of diseases for which there is [[home: | ||
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+ | Take Crohn' | ||
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+ | For a 19th century researcher, Robert Koch had a strong, even visionary, grasp of molecular biology, but he did not have access to molecular tools. Koch might be shocked to learn the extent to which different species engage in [[home: | ||
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+ | The best way to resolve this inconsistency is to say simply that Koch was wrong and that chronic diseases are caused by a multitude of species and forms – a [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Spontaneous remission theory===== | ||
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+ | ===== Notes and comments ===== | ||
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+ | * Legacy content | ||
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+ | ===== References ===== |