Symptoms are nothing more than warning lights on the dashboard of your body (so to speak).  Unfortunately, symptoms are usually the last thing to show up and the first thing to go away.   

Did you know that approximately 80% of the cancers known to man occur without any symptoms until the end stages?  Or, did you know that for 50% of heart attack sufferers, the first symptom is death? 

Many view the symptom as the problem and try their best to treat or eliminate it.  This most commonly occurs by taking drugs/medication to reduce the symptoms, i.e. taking aspirin to reduce a headache.   

Are headaches a result of too little aspirin circulating in the blood stream?  Are stomachaches the cause of too little antacid?  Of course not – when looked at in this light, it all seems a little ridiculous! 

Imagine your house on fire and the smoke detector goes off.  Would you aim the fire extinguisher at the smoke alarm because it’s making an annoying screech, or would you aim the extinguisher at the flames? 

For those of you not picking up on the analogy, treating and covering up symptoms with drugs/medication is just like aiming the extinguisher at the alarm.  The symptom isn’t the problem, it’s only announcing the presence of something to be concerned with. 

Don’t treat the symptom, find the cause…or better yet, prevent the cause.