Natural history v Pathophysiology

[saphenous99]

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Hi

Are these two the same thing? Or is there a difference?

 

[Mr. Tee]

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[njbmd]

Hi

Are these two the same thing? Or is there a difference?

Not the same thing but intertwined. Pathophysiology may be affected by the natural history and natural history may be altered by pathophysiology.

 

[masterofmonkeys]

I always think of the 'natural history' of a disease as its clinical presentation from start to finish. I.e. what you see with your own two eyes.

Pathophysiology is what's happening at a molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ level.