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It's absolutely not crazy talk that electrical current in the body is likely relevant to the healing process. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that makes

It's absolutely not crazy talk that electrical current in the body is likely relevant to the healing process. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that makes people extremely vulnerable to infection, though I don't think current medical science knows why. It's a salt wasting condition and salt is an electrolyte. The most common test for CF is a sweat chloride test which basically determines how salty you sweat is. A lesser known test is the nasal potential difference test which measures how out of whack your body is for electrical current. https://cysticfibrosisnewstoday.com/cystic-fibrosis-diagnosis/nasal-potential-difference/ https://cysticfibrosisnewstoday.com/cystic-fibrosis-diagnosi... The only immediately obvious problem I can suggest for the idea of e-bandages is the same one I so frequently have with modern medicine: it strikes me as being pursued or optimized for making money, not healing patients. The article cites issues with diabetes. Cystic fibrosis puts one at risk for a little known form of diabetes called Cystic Fibrosis Related Disbetes (CFRD). It seems to me that there is plenty of room for upping our game on understanding how and why the body chemistry gets out of whack such that it interferes with electrical current in the body and providing dietary suggestions for how to prevent and/or reverse such. But, of course, that's probably not going to lead to a patent that could potentially make someone very wealthy, so it's unlikely to be pursued, promoted, etc.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> being pursued or optimized for making money, not healing patients This is a strange complaint to levy on an article describing a real breakthrough. > that's probably not going to lead to a patent that could potentially make someone very wealthy Plenty of industry is focussed on dietary suggestions. Diets and supplements that augment one's electro-potential is an obvious marketing win. That said, it seems a local induced current or field would cure such problems more directly than fussing with diet, which causes a general effect across the body.
- DoreenMichele 4y ago
  Our current so-called Healthcare system monetizes treatment, not cures. They make their money on treating you, not on getting you well, keeping you well or preventing problems. Unsurprisingly, we have a lot of chronic ailments -- because that's where the money is. The wounds that don't want to heal for diabetes patients grow out of a general deterioration of the body chemistry generally. If we had a clearer idea of exactly where things go wrong, preventing the chemical states which foster wounds that don't heal would be a superior method. Once the general body chemistry has deteriorated that far, fixing the current wound is merely fixing the presenting problem. It points to a much larger problem, one which will likely keep fostering new wounds that are resistant to healing and this general deterioration is likely to eventually kill them.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

> being pursued or optimized for making money, not healing patients This is a strange complaint to levy on an article describing a real breakthrough. > that's probably not going to lead to a patent that could potentially make someone very wealthy Plenty of industry is focussed on dietary suggestions. Diets and supplements that augment one's electro-potential is an obvious marketing win. That said, it seems a local induced current or field would cure such problems more directly than fussing with diet, which causes a general effect across the body.

DoreenMichele 4y ago
Our current so-called Healthcare system monetizes treatment, not cures. They make their money on treating you, not on getting you well, keeping you well or preventing problems. Unsurprisingly, we have a lot of chronic ailments -- because that's where the money is. The wounds that don't want to heal for diabetes patients grow out of a general deterioration of the body chemistry generally. If we had a clearer idea of exactly where things go wrong, preventing the chemical states which foster wounds that don't heal would be a superior method. Once the general body chemistry has deteriorated that far, fixing the current wound is merely fixing the presenting problem. It points to a much larger problem, one which will likely keep fostering new wounds that are resistant to healing and this general deterioration is likely to eventually kill them.