Every Disease Has a Story

There is a branch of medicine known as etiology, which studies the causes of diseases. One college describes it as the study of the “backstory” of an illness. Etiology tries to figure out why a particular disease manifests in a particular person. Generally, the causes of diseases fall into three categories: intrinsic (originating from within), extrinsic (coming from external factors), and idiopathic (unknown). Just as everybody has a story, every disease has a story (a history, a…