It feels like every time you search for the cause of a chronic physical problem on google they say something along the lines of “the cause for [diverticulitis] is unknown…” but with a bit of digging you ultimately uncover that it’s largely due to some cause that doesn’t take a genius to figure out.
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Can you provide a few examples of this? And real causes, not like something dumb like the moon was in the western sky sort of cause.
The cause for diverticulitis is diverticuli that trap fecal matter and get inflammed/infected.
Got any more examples.
Also automod will lock this for being a health related topic for some reason. Mods too lazy to update their banned topics list, as always
This is going to be completely dependent on what you are searching, but you have to really pay attention to sources.
What is saying that the cause is unknown? Googles AI response? Where is it getting that info? Is it something that has not been proven yet? What happens is that there has not been a universal agreement on the cause of a illness. Studies might show that X could be the cause, but not enough studies have been done to reach that conclusion.
A disease is considered idiopathic if we haven’t been able to reliably and repeatably show the cause. Yeah there’s all kinds of theories around every idiopathic disease, but we’re not gonna just spread weak information with patients. We’re gonna tell them what we know for sure and what is applicable to them and their life
I feel like a lot of it is people’s lack of physical activity paired with eating crap every day.
This is just the conspiracy narrative that corporations are pure evil overlords
I think it’s more of a “there are many possible answers that require further inquiry to narrow it down” rather than a “there is only one possible answer and they’re too dumb to see it” scenario, personally. I’ve known a lot of people who work or have worked in the medical field and, essentially, they get Paralysis of the Too Many Possible Answers when presented with a direct question.
I mean, peridontal disease can cause a stroke, for pete’s sake. Imagine having all the possible causes of stroke in your head and jumping to “it’s obviously gum disease” when you come across a patient who’s had a stroke.
OP won’t list a single example cuz they know if they did their entire position would immediately fall apart lol
What doctors say they don’t know the cause of diverticulitis?
lol did some deny you the ” the D medicine”
Definitely. Think about even just medicine ads on TV. They only talk about “treatment,” but never a “cure.”
“Industry” indeed.
Many people come to the “healthcare industry” looking for answers to problems they cause……lack of sleep, water, exercise and proper nutrition…..the patients don’t want to hear that.
This is not unpopular, just moronic
I feel the ultimate endpoint of this dumb opinion is just avoiding doctors altogether because you believe they just want to scam you.
I share your confusion, I wanted there to be an answer but reality is that these things are multifactorial so overall changes to lifestyle may show some improvement, trial and error too because every case is different.
> but with a bit of digging you ultimately uncover that it’s largely due to some cause that doesn’t take a genius to figure out.
I think I’ll trust the genius who says that’s not the cause instead of the not-a-genius who Googled it.
>It feels like every time you search for the cause of a chronic physical problem on google
That’s fucking why.
I work in IT and god I hate when people google shit, they understand 1 maybe 2 symptoms and start telling you what the problem is. The issue with googling shit is, you don’t understand or know half of it to know everything to ask google. People will google “why is my internet down” and it’ll throw a few things at you. Things you don’t know enough about to eliminate from the equation. Same goes for bodies.
Sure you understand there’s a red rash on your leg. But you don’t know enough to do the immediate and quick checks that will rule out a whole case of things. Things that would have told you to get off the path you’re on multiple times leading to your “doesn’t take a genius” to figure out.
No. The causes aren’t known for sure but most have a suspected cause.
And the “cause” that some rando on the internet miraculously discovered is usually wrong and physically impossible to cause the thing.
(I have lupus. Cannot tell you the number of different “explanations” I’ve been given for it by the internet. Vaccines and implants from doctors are my favorite explanations so far.)
Wrong sub, OP. This is not r/DumbOpinion
It is much more profitable to put someone on drugs forever. The script goes something like this:
“We really don’t know what’s going on.. Take this pill.. You’ll probably have to take it for the rest of your life.”
I think either you don’t understand what it means when they say they don’t know the cause (ie, often it means the problem has many potential causes) or you are looking on sites that find causes for everything (usually to sell you something)
>but with a bit of digging
You mean “with some luck and a shitload of scientific research”
Your opinion is objectively wrong
80-90% of peoples diseases are preventable if they just ate regular food slept drank water and exercised.
“healthcare industry”
Dystopian hell with watered down burnt coffee.
“A bit of digging” = reading unfounded conspiracy theories
“Ultimately uncover” = choosing to believe those unfounded conspiracy theories.
For as far as medical sciences has come, there are some things they just don’t know. Hell, neuroscience sort of understands the biology of the brain and central nervous system, but still can’t REALLY explain how and why everything works the way it does.
The problem is, it’s our food system making us sick and when you call that out they don’t like it.
Diverticulitis is caused by poor eating habits – not rocket science.
Ah yes, because the “healthcare industry” is Google…