Self-Therapy

Abstract

Most of our genetically defined disease risks will involve so many genes that it will be unrealistic to erase them from our body by gene therapy. They will thus remain a chronic risk or weakness. However, whether they materialize into symptoms will often be preventable by a lifestyle adapted to your personal risk profile. At least the severity of symptoms can be greatly reduced. And this is not your doctor’s job or of any other healthcare provider, but eventually you can and should take charge of yourself. Once this is laid out to you in a precise and targeted manner, this will be more motivating than the current generic approach. Therefore, do not be fobbed off with general tips that are recommended to the entire population as a uniform healthy lifestyle. Much of it won’t apply to you and will only distract you from focusing on what’s important for you. However, if a human geneticist proves to you with hard facts that you personally have an extremely high genetic risk of developing, for example, Alzheimer’s disease and in particular that your sleeping problems and lack of exercise together with increased blood pressure and manifestation of your latent diabetes will make you highly likely to develop dementia in 25 years, then this will trigger a tremendous motivation in you to change precisely these specific lifestyle parameters.