How can we Explain Why Patients Develop More than One Medical Condition at a Time?

It is a major problem for healthcare that patients develop more than one medical condition at a time. Many medical conditions are characterised by a plethora of pathological processes e.g. Raynaud's Phenomenon, Diabetic comorbidities including obesity, Migraine, mental health issues, CoVid-19, etc. The onset of most, if not all, medical conditions is accompanied by an ever more complex range of of pathological onset. Moreover how such conditions can be screened or treated is a major technical and financial problem for healthcare.

“The NHS in its current form is not well set up to look after patients who are medically complicated, especially if they have several long-term conditions, such as arthritis, heart failure and the early signs of dementia while the total number of people with long-term conditions is expected to stay at around 15 million, the number with three or more conditions is expected to rise from 1.9 million to 2.9 million by 2018”. Comments attributed to Dr Martin McShane, National Clinical Director, Long-term Conditions, NHS England

How can this be explained?

We perceive our environment through the senses: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin and we communicate through our vocal cords. All aspects of our environment, including the stress which we experience, are conveyed through the senses: our perception of colour, the intensity of each these colours in the visual spectrum, the volume or intensity of each of these sounds, the auditory spectrum, the volume of each of these individual notes, our perception of smell, the intensity of each of these smells, our perception of taste, the intensity or subtleness of these tastes; how we are touched; and perhaps also other less obvious ways in which we experience our world.

Our sense perception is so important. Changes of: visual perception are associated with the emission of biophotons of light which accompany pathological onset (Fraser et al); sound perception (Ferguson et al); smell and touch in particular common viral conditions e.g. CoVid-19, influenza, etc; and changes of the vocal spectrum and auditory perception (our ability to hear and perceive the correct notes). All are influenced by pathological onset.

 This vast array of data is fed into the brain through the sensorineural pathways where it encounters the major neural components: the amygdala, hippocampus, and the hypothalamus. This influences the pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands which release the various endocrine hormones and subsequently influences the function of the organ networks (Physiological Systems), the organs which are components in each of these organs, and results in changes of cellular and molecular biology i.e. the genotype and phenotype for each individual pathological process in the body.

So our physiology is immensely complex and cannot be precisely determined by a single pathological marker. Every medical condition, almost without exception, is characterised by more than one pathological process, often many more.

 The biological correlates of Stress are what is commonly referred to as the phenotype i.e. the influence of the environment, yet stress also influences the genetic expression of proteins (genotype) which is more typically associated with the presence of gene-altering factors such as viruses, vaccines or free radical reactions.

The body's function is therefore based upon the interaction of two data matrices which influence brain function: (i) the flow of data from the environment via the sensory organs; and (ii) the flow of data to and from the 30+ visceral organs; which regulates the body's physiological stability and priorities. 

The Strannik Virtual Scanning software technology is based upon a mathematical model of the relationship outlined above i.e. between sense perception, brain function, the physiological systems and related organs, and cellular and molecular biology: which can be used to screen or treat the patient with often extraordinary details, sophistication and effectiveness. It is currently the only viable technology which offers a solution to the problem outlined in this post.

G.Ewing