Constitution, Susceptibility and Predisposition
Innate Vulnerabilities and the Ground of Chronic Morbidity
By Dr. Rohit, BHMS | Phone & WhatsApp: +91-8191-00-2535 | Roorkee, District-Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
1. Chapter Introduction
Why does one person catch every seasonal viral illness while another exposed to the same atmosphere remains unharmed? Susceptibility explains the individual receptivity to disease.
2. Central Clinical Inquiry
“What determines why an organism falls sick when exposed to external influences?”
3. Main Concepts
Constitution is the inherited and acquired physiological ground. Susceptibility is the capacity to react. Predisposition is the latent vulnerability toward particular disease states.
4. Important Distinctions
Resistance is passive defense; susceptibility is dynamic responsiveness. Healthy susceptibility defends balance and adapts readily.
5. Clinical Perspective
Understanding constitutional terrain allows the clinician to anticipate disease tendencies and offer preventive, deeply curative care.
7. Key Clinical Takeaways
- Susceptibility determines how an individual reacts to stressors.
- Constitution integrates heredity, lifestyle, and temperament.
- Curative medicine alters the internal terrain rather than merely killing invaders.