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Symptomatic treatment — is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not its cause, i.e., its etiology. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing… … Wikipedia
symptomatic — [simp΄tə mat′ik] adj. [Fr symptomatique < Gr symptōmatikos, accidental] 1. of or having to do with symptoms 2. that constitutes a symptom, as of a disease; indicative (of) 3. in accordance with symptoms [a symptomatic treatment]… … English World dictionary
Treatment of multiple sclerosis — Several therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) exist, although there is no known cure. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The most common initial course of the disease… … Wikipedia
Symptomatic — 1 With symptoms, as a symptomatic infection. 2 Characteristic, as behavior symptomatic of Huntington disease. 3 Directed at the symptoms, as symptomatic treatment. * * * Indicative; relating to or constituting the aggregate of symptoms of a… … Medical dictionary
Treatment, symptomatic — Therapy that eases the symptoms without addressing the basic cause of the disease. For example, symptomatic treatment of advanced lung cancer that has spread (metastasized) beyond the lung is designed to decrease the pain and other symptoms but… … Medical dictionary
symptomatic — adjective Date: 1698 1. a. being a symptom of a disease b. having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause < symptomatic epilepsy resulting from brain damage > 2. concerned with, affecting, or having symptoms … New Collegiate Dictionary
Treatment, palliative — To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment. To take a case, a 91 year old man was found to have a tumor in his lung … Medical dictionary
Treatment of schizophrenia — The concept of a cure as such in the treatment of schizophrenia remains controversial, as there is no consensus on the definition of treatment in the case of schizophrenia, although some criteria for the remission of symptoms have recently been… … Wikipedia
Treatment of ulcerative colitis — This article concerns the treatment of ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic… … Wikipedia
treatment — Medical or surgical management of a patient. SEE ALSO: therapy, therapeutics. [Fr. traitement (see treat)] active t. a therapeutic substance or course intended to ameliorate the basic disease … Medical dictionary
