It is a paddle. David said, "Before I was afflicted, I went astray." (Psalm 119:67) In the past, when a kid got into trouble at school, he would be paddled. Now, there is no punishment for their action. Sickness and disease is the manifestation of unpunished sin (spiritually unrepented sin). God has NOTHING to do with bringing upon sickness and disease, that (sickness and disease) is from Satan. There is no death or disease IN GOD, because God is holy. We are sickened due to sin, which is of Satan, not God.
Sickness, disease and sin are kin. Through sin, death entered into the world. (Rom 5:12) Sickness is incipient [the beginning of] death. (for the body)
I can say that if I sin and get sick or diseased, (as a consequence of my sin, because there WILL be a consequence for all of our actions) I seek God unconditionally. I pray I could set my affection upon God always, then I would never be sick. (Col 3:2)