A short transcript excerpt from a conversation (Robert Whitfield MD and another speaker) about the role of unresolved trauma and other hidden stressors in patients undergoing explant surgery and in telehealth/functional medicine contexts. The speakers emphasize trauma's variable importance for different patients and the need for individualized assessment.
I mean you talked about other things which are super difficult, which are, you know, stressors that we don't know about either at home or work or unresolved trauma. Like maybe, maybe just speak to that because that's a really complicated issue that it is for patients who are undergoing explant surgery. I've had some of the most enlightening conversations with patients of like that dredges up some really traumatic events in their life.
Yeah, it's every single new telehealth patient we have, we talk about this where they may be wondering like why, you know, I'm talking about childhood trauma when they're coming to someone in functional medicine. But it is really important and for some people it's a big piece of the puzzle. For some people it's. It's like the, the biggest piece of the puzzle. And for some people it's a small piece of the puzzle. So that's down to somebody's own health history and context of their case and understanding the science and art of them. So I don't want to be over simplistic or make paint this with broad strokes.
