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Sometimes the patient has a belief in the good effects of a treatment despite the fact that there is no observable objective effects of a treatment.

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Even though you might believe a "treatment is working for you" it may not have any physical effects at all.

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• True,its called the placebo effect. A remarkable phenomenon in which a placebo -- a fake treatment, an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution -- can sometimes improve a patient's condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful.
• True,Sometimes the belief that the treatment is working could make you feel better sometimes it might not cause any physical effects at all.The placebo does not cause any of these effects directly. Instead, my belief in or experience of the placebo helps change the symptoms, or changes the way the I perceives the symptoms.The placebo effect can make some treatments seem like they help certain symptoms, when in fact they do nothing to directly cause a change in the disease.