Maybe naming things gives us a false impression of a limited spectrum of disorders and diseases.
Sure, the spectrum is actually limited, but the potential space for damaging alterations of DNA or pathogens is vast. Symptoms can overlap, and the fact that something is in a textbook or a report can give a false impression of just how long established the details of it are.
That's a good point. I turned out that the author had a different form of Castleman's disease than what was most common, and even within that tiny niche, the treatment that works for him doesn't work for other people in that niche.
Maybe naming things gives us a false impression of a limited spectrum of disorders and diseases.
Sure, the spectrum is actually limited, but the potential space for damaging alterations of DNA or pathogens is vast. Symptoms can overlap, and the fact that something is in a textbook or a report can give a false impression of just how long established the details of it are.
That's a good point. I turned out that the author had a different form of Castleman's disease than what was most common, and even within that tiny niche, the treatment that works for him doesn't work for other people in that niche.