How do we get sick?

The question may at first seem very simple and elementary, but there are a number of schools of thought on what is an illness and how we get sick.

I will review my thoughts on some of the leading theories about these and give my opinion on them.

The list here is not exhaustive and probably there exist more. These are just a few of the theories that I have come across and my thoughts about them.

Modern School Medicine

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Anyone who has read the history of modern medicine will know about the tainted history it has. This would include such doctrines as denying patients with fever water and the terrible conditions in hospitals before the hygiene movement, not to mention bloodletting.

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The main theory of modern medicine up until around 2 years ago was "Germ Theory". This theory states that disease is caused by pathogens known as germs, too small to see without magnification.

These bacteria have been viewed within a microscope but the theory goes a step further saying the disease is also caused by non-living organisms known as viruses.

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These "viruses" are not verified to have been seen, even under the most powerful microscope available. Instead, we are supposed to believe that a photo of a protein cell in most cases, contains the virus.

I know that doesn't sound too scientific. Many research papers confirm this fact but some are more deceptive.

What this means is that there may or may not be something within a protein cell that causes a disease known as a virus. The actual virus has not been isolated.

The premise of germ theory is then that this cell is transmitted from one person to the next, causing illness/disease.

Since March 2020, the newer theory states that germs are now airborne and you can be a carrier of disease and/or sick regardless of if you show any signs of illness. To confirm if you are sick, you now require a test to confirm this.

This is known as Asymptomatic.

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Herbal Medicine

The next school of medicine is the natural herbal medicine theory. This school of thought differs from modern medicine in that it tries to treat the causes of illness, instead of the symptoms of illnesses.

The theory goes and I can verify this myself with my own consumption of modern medicines is that the symptoms may initially be alleviated but will come back much stronger and worse than before.

Therefore it is important to treat the causes of illness and diseases. There are many different plants and herbs that can alleviate the symptoms of certain illnesses when treating the cause of that illness. The problem can then disappear but if it is treating a symptom, most likely after the treatment you will have the symptoms again.

Toxicity Theory

The next school of medicinal thought is that where illness is caused by a build-up of toxicity in the body.

Your body gets to a certain point and needs to flush the toxins from your body. How does it do that?

It uses the largest organ to start with, the skin. By creating a fever, you would start to sweat out these toxins. In your throat, you will cough up mucus and phlegm.

This theory is advocated by the likes of Dr Morse. To treat most patients it is recommended to control your diet and treat any ailments with herbs.

It seems eating meat is a big cause of illness and could be causing the clogging of the body with toxins. This seems to make sense, as those who eat only vegetables or fruit, would not suffer very easily from illness or food poisoning.

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This means there is no virus being transmitted causing illness, the main cause of illness (removing other factors) could be just dietary.

German New Medicine

The next school of medicinal thought is the German New Medicine school. Or it could also be known as the Hungarian school of medicine.

This is the method discovered by Dr Hamer who is now since 2017 deceased. Dr Hamer says that all illnesses are caused by suffering some kind of psychological or emotional trauma that then manifests itself later as illness or disease.

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To treat the illness, you need to first treat the cause of the trauma. This means that even catching a cold would be caused by some emotional traumatic experience such as seeing someone else sick with a cold.

For me, I think the psychological traumas that people go through can certainly cause illness, both mentally and physically. Although I am not sure that could be the explanation for EVERY illness.

My Own Experience

I am most aligned with the toxicity theory of medicine and this is because firstly, there has been no evidence that viruses exist. Alluding to the existence of viruses is not enough evidence for me.

I do not dismiss completely that something could be being transmitted causing illness, but I suspect that most disease type illnesses are the result of some kind of build-up of toxicity in the body(from bad dietary decisions for example) or poisoning.

I also think the psychological aspects of illness deserve attention as this could also play a role in illness.

My other thoughts are that it is also possible to get ill by exposing your body to harsh conditions. There are things such as cold weather or water. This means that there are a few things that cause the illness reaction in your body to consider.

Are there any theories I've missed that deserve a mention?

Which theory do you think is more accurately describing why we get ill and why?

Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading.