Helping You Make the Best Medical Decisions
MEDICAL UNCERTAINTY
For many people the first experience with a chronic condition or ailment begins quite simply with the discovery of a symptom or sign. A lump, any persistent severe pain, bleeding, a cough that persists -these are several of the most common signs. From this moment, the uncertainty begins. Could this symptom mean something, or can I assume it's nothing? This moment, before the doctor has even been called or a single test has been done, often transforms a person's life from one of general well-being and confidence, to one of enormous anxiety and uncertainty about the future This seems to be what people mean when they say, "The diagnosis completely changed my life." That wonderful sense of certainty and expectation of continued life and health, a kind of denial that the bubble can ever burst, which we all start out with, is destroyed forever. Knowurture helps you resolve these uncertainties!
TREATMENT UNCERTAINTIES
Uncertainties almost invariably surround the claimed effects of treatment. Only rarely will the evidence be so clear-cut that there is no room for doubt about whether a treatment works. For many diseases and conditions, there is substantial uncertainty about the extent to which treatments work, or about which treatment is best for which patient. Knowurture helps you choose an appropriate treatment considering your personal preferences.
SOCIAL AND EXISTENTIAL UNCERTAINTIES
Existential uncertainty and certainty in connection with a disease and treatment means that the person’s former life, with all its different habits and experiences, changes in a critical way. Bodily changes, everyday situations, companionship with others, healthcare situations and the natural environment. Existing in the move between existential uncertainty and certainty appears to change people's lives in a decisive manner and can be overwhelming at times. Knowurture works with you in resolving existential uncertainties.
DIAGNOSIS UNCERTAINTY
Diseases manifest themselves in different ways in individuals, there will always be a tension between the individual person with specific symptoms and the abstract concept of any given disease. There will always be someone, who have some but not all of the symptoms defined by the disease classification, or who have additional symptoms not included in the formal classification, or whose symptom measurements are close to, but not within the specified parameters of the formal diagnostic category. Diagnosis therefore necessarily involve that pragmatic attempt to reduce uncertainty and arrive at a useful diagnosis. Knowurture works to provide an Accurate diagnosis.
CARE STRUCTURE UNCERTAINTY
Choosing a physician can be a difficult task. Asking for recommendations from co-workers, neighbours, and friends is a good way to start, but ultimately you will have to decide which physician is best suited to your individual needs and situation. You will also need to decide what type of physician you are looking for. Do you need a primary health care provider (a doctor who will manage your overall care and refer you to specialists when necessary)? Or do you need a specialist in a particular area? Please remember that medicine is extremely multi-disciplinary in nature and requires different specialists to understand your problem and help you in the cure. Knowurture helps you find you physicians and specialists, specific to your ailment across the globe.