Cure is the Surest Path to Recognition of a Condition

1. A condition having a recognizable set of symptoms.
2. Some physical evidence of a problem, either in the examination of the patient or in some kind of medical test.
3. Symptoms that improve while patients are on treatment.
4. Symptoms and findings remaining improved even after treatment has been discontinued (persistent cure).

Stage 1 - Recognizable set of symptoms

Due to difficulties with the first stage above, many doctors still refuse to recognize Depression, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Candida overgrowth, Mercury Toxicity, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and many other conditions as real medical problems. These conditions can cause non-specific and generalized complaints. They are non-specific because there can be quite a lot of overlap of symptoms with other medical problems. The argument is, "If there are a lot of conditions that can cause the same symptoms how do we know if they're separate problems, and if they are, which one is causing the symptoms?"

Stage 2 - Physical evidence or test

Some doctors refuse to recognize conditions for which there is no objective test or measure. For example, even though Migraine Headaches is a well recognized diagnosis, patients suffering from them still face great difficulties. This is because the treatment for migraines is often an injection of narcotic pain medicine. However, there is no objective test or measurement that proves a person is or is not experiencing a migraine headache. So patients have to convince and doctors have to decide that a patient is actually having a migraine headache and is not simply pretending in order to get a shot of narcotic. Many migraine patients must suffer the humiliation of being suspected of being headache-faking drug addicts. Sadly, some migraine patients do become addicted to the pain medication they take which further complicates the issue. Likewise, there is no objective test that can prove that a patient does or does not have depression. Consequently, many doctors still do not regard depression as a real or sure diagnosis.

Stage 3 - Symptoms improve with treatment

Symptoms improving with treatment can be compelling evidence of the existence of an illness. Anti-depressants, for example, have done a lot to legitimize Depression as a recognized condition since they often alleviate the symptoms of depression. When patients' complaints go away with treatment, it suggests that the patients really did have a problem and that they weren't just complaining for the fun of it, or in order to get attention or sympathy. Truly, many patients are accused (directly or indirectly) of spending their time and money on doctors as a form of recreation. When patients' complaints come back after the treatment's been discontinued, some would say that proves that the patient really had a problem. On the other hand, some would say that suggests the patient was only feeling the effects of a drug, not really treating a problem. When the symptoms come back when the treatment's been stopped, doctors have to wonder if they are really treating conditions or just medicating patients? In other words, are the doctors helping sick patients to feel better, or contributing to some form of drug dependence in healthy patients? This uncertainty can cause a lot of discomfort between doctors and patients when it comes to medicine for depression, anxiety, migraines, and many other conditions. However, Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome doesn't fall under the same condemnation because patients frequently remain improved even after the treatment's been discontinued. This is good evidence that WTS patients are genuinely helped, and not just drugged.

Stage 4 - Symptoms remain improved after treatment discontinued

Symptoms going away with treatment and remaining improved even after the treatment's been discontinued is the most compelling evidence of all that the patient actually had a medical problem (rather than just a test abnormality). If an abnormal medical test can demonstrate that a patient may be suffering from a real condition that may respond well to treatment, how much better a demonstration is it when a patient is actually cured? Do you realize how few medical treatments there are that actually meet this stage's requirement? Very few treatments afford patients persistent cures. Most medical treatments have to be taken for life or the symptoms will return. It can be very profitable for drug companies to make medicines people need to take for life. On the other hand, it can be very exciting for patients to be able to get back to normal and not need to keep taking medicine.

It's true that WTS can cause fairly non-specific complaints. It's true that there is no test that can prove beforehand whether a patient will respond to treatment for WTS. That's why some doctors are reluctant to try the treatment. But doctors who see the logic and try the treatment are typically rewarded with patients responding dramatically well to treatment, and incredibly, many patients remain persistently cured. For the above reasons, Dr. Wilson defined WTS as that condition that responds to the T3 therapy outlined in the Doctor's Manual. Some who haven't seen or experienced the results for themselves might say that the patients weren't cured but experienced a "placebo reaction." The question is, why didn't these patients experience a placebo reaction with the last 10 doctors and treatments they tried that failed?

Generally, the people that say there is nothing to Wilson's Temperature Syndrome have not read the Doctor's Manual, or haven't treated the first patient for WTS, or haven't treated it properly. Consequently, they haven't seen patients persistently cured. Generally, the doctors who believe in WTS are the ones who've actually treated patients and seen them recover. As one endocrinologist put it, "There's nothing like doing it to see it."

Clearly, the whole point of the practice of medicine is to correct or cure medical problems. WTS is persistently curable, which explains why it is quickly gaining recognition as a medical condition throughout the world.