Chapter 1046: Treating a Dead Horse as if It Were Alive

According to Sisi's current illness, it is no longer feasible for her to attend school normally. Yang Ping had a long talk with Sisi's parents, hoping that Sisi could take a break from school to undergo hospital treatment.

Although no suitable treatment plan has been found yet, hospitalization allows for symptomatic treatment and monitoring of the illness progression, and timely rescue is possible in case of life-threatening situations.

In medical treatment plans, there can be etiological treatment and symptomatic treatment; etiological treatment targets the cause of the disease, while symptomatic treatment targets the symptoms—a simple understanding of the difference between treating the root and treating the symptoms.

Unfortunately, most of our current treatment plans for diseases are symptomatic treatments, with only a very few diseases being treated etiologically.