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# The following factors should be considered to determine prognosis of disease [ 11-20]

# The following factors should be considered to determine prognosis of disease [ 11-20]

Factors/criteria Curable Incurable

Easily curable Curable with difficulty Palliable Absolutely incurable  

! rowspan="1"| Factors/criteria  

Causative factors Less More More All  

! colspan="2"| Curable

Premonitory signs Less More More All  

! colspan="2" | Incurable

Severity of signs/ symptoms Mild Moderate Severe Severe and advanced stages  

Dosha  involved in disease Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease  

!  !! Easily curable !! Curable with difficulty !! Palliable !! Absolutely incurable  

Dushya [body tissues affected] Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Many tissues, deep seated and Favorable to disease  

Place of living of patient Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease  

| Causative factors || Less || More ||  More || All  

Season/ time of affection /Age Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease  

Movement of dosha One sided Two sided Many ways for movements All ways for movements/all systems involved  

| Premonitory signs || Less || More || More || All

Duration of onset New onset Chronic, but still recent Very chronic and continuously affecting the patient Very chronic and continuously affecting the patient

Complications No Minor/less complications Many complications Many complications with bad prognostic signs  

| Severity of signs/ symptoms ||  Mild || Moderate || Severe || Severe and advanced stages  

Number of involved Dosha One Two Two Three

Body Can tolerate all medicines Occurred in pregnancy, children, old age Affecting vital organs, major joints Weak body, Affecting vital organs, major joints  

| Dosha  involved in disease   || Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution]   ||  Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease

Nature of treatment Medicines Surgical/ agni/ kshara Continuous treatment needed transcend all therapeutic measures

Four pillars of management /patients nature With all qualities of physician, patient, nurse and medicines available Not with all qualities The patient lives, get relief for some time after following wholesome regimen and the disease gets triggered after a little exposure to causative factors also.  All senses of patients are affected, signs like undue excitement, restlessness, confused state of mind with  bad prognostic signs  

| Dushya [body tissues affected] || Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease   || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Many tissues, deep seated and Favorable to disease  

| Place of living of patient   ||  Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease   || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease  

| Season/ time of affection /Age   || Opposite to one’s prakriti [constitution] ||  Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease || Same as of prakriti /favorable to disease  

| Movement of dosha || One sided   ||  Two sided || Many ways for movements || All ways for movements/all systems involved  

| Duration of onset || New onset ||  Chronic, but still recent || Very chronic and continuously affecting the patient || Very chronic and continuously affecting the patient

| Complications || No ||  Minor/less complications || Many complications || Many complications with bad prognostic signs  

| Number of involved Dosha ||  One ||  Two || Two || Three

| Body || Can tolerate all medicines   ||  Occurred in pregnancy, children, old age || Affecting vital organs, major joints || Weak body, Affecting vital organs, major joints  

| Nature of treatment || Medicines || Surgical/ agni/ kshara || Continuous treatment needed || transcend all therapeutic measures

| Four pillars of management /patients nature ||  With all qualities of physician, patient, nurse and medicines available || Not with all qualities   || The patient lives, get relief for some time after following wholesome regimen and the disease gets triggered after a little exposure to causative factors also || All senses of patients are affected, signs like undue excitement, restlessness, confused state of mind with  bad prognostic signs  

A wise physician should always consider above factors to determine prognosis of a disease and then start treatment. [21]

A wise physician should always consider above factors to determine prognosis of a disease and then start treatment. [21]