<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Symptomatic treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not its cause, i.e., its etiology . It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well - being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing organic consequences and sequelae of these signs and symptoms of the disease . In many diseases, even in those whose etiologies are known (e.g., most viral diseases, such as influenza), symptomatic treatment is the only one available so far . </P> <P> Examples of symptomatic treatments: </P>

What is a medical term for relieving but not curing