Two people can have same diagnosis but very different therapies.
Many conditions like diabetes , hypertension , depression are often treated as fixed labels, but in reality, they’re broad categories, not precise descriptions.
One patient with diabetes may control it with diet alone.
Another may need multiple drugs within a year.
One person with depression struggles mainly with sleep.
Another can’t get out of bed.
The diagnosis names the condition ,it doesn’t explain why it looks the way it does in each person.
Because disease is shaped by more than a label:
-Genetics
-Environment
-Lifestyle
-Stress
-Duration of illness
This is why treatment plans differ even when the diagnosis is the same.
Medicine isn’t ignoring individuality.
It’s constantly adjusting for it.
A diagnosis is just the start and not the end of the treatment.
What do you think of personalised medicines tailored for different individuals with same diagnosis?
MBH/PS