It seems as though the medical field is not as educated as they were in the past. Considering I have dealt with the medical field as an adult since 1984 their understanding of things has changed in my opinion.
There are several reasons for this difference in their training. There are more "get an easy degree" and sometimes promises of a job in the commericals for educational institutions.
My big disagreement comes with the words "PAIN" and "CHRONIC".
"PAIN" means that there is something wrong. If a reason can not be found then the medical field has wrote many things to explain it away. Most of which is an excuse not to find a cause for the effect. Pain can mean there is an underlying condition that has not surfaced yet and the immune system is sending inflammatory cells to the site to prevent or stop what the immune system sees as a threat. Even if the medical field can not find it.
"Chronic" means a long lasting debilitating condition of a disease. In other words, the debilitation becomes worse over time along with the pain. Such as with cancer. Though, the MSM seems to have eveyone convinced that cancer is a two year disease from their lacking coverage of people who have cancer.
One other condition is "Obesity". The immune system can be building fat cells to hold whatever it thinks it needs for a condition that is underlying while waiting to see whether or not it surfaces. In addition, when going through early stages of menopause a woman's body tends to put fatty cells with estrogen in them around the hips and thighs to protect against falls after menopause and the bone density is no long able to sustain the woman.
Any questions? or is it just to simple and not able to bill to a ICD code?
