Some science behind the scenes
Causes of illness in more detail
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What has emerged from my study of the papers on PubMed and all the case histories on the site, is that there are only a certain number of ultimate causes for any illness or disease.
Although I have provided more detail to help people, the main causes are very specific and summarised by the simple picture of the ‘cause baby’ that I have used a number of times on the site.
The chart below, however, may be helpful in pointing you to some more detailed sub-sets of these main categories.