Therapy

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Therapy, in the medical field also called treatment, is what people do to try to solve or care for a health problem, physical or mental. When a person is ill or injured, a doctor may make a diagnosis and then recommend a therapy to try to make the person well. The therapy can be, for example, medicines (drugs), surgery or a change of diet.

[change] Therapeutic effects

Medical treatments may have three types of effects:

  • A therapeutic effect is a good result.
  • An adverse effect is a bad result.
  • A side-effect is a somewhat bad effect, but weaker than the therapeutic effect. For example, the therapy may solve the health problem but cause headaches or nausea for a time.

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