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There's a simple and very obvious solution to this - just don't do any treatment you deem unnecessary or excessive.

Treat anything unambiguously threatening, and just keep an eye on anything else.




That doesn't solve stress for patient, who now keeps wondering whether or not that Thing is a ticking time bomb. It also doesn't solve the legal risk created by the off chance the Thing actually does develop into a health problem later on.




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