Nowadays people around the world are choosing to self-medicate rather than seeing a doctor and using conventional medicine. What are the causes of this change and what effects can be seen as a result?

Self-medicative techniques and home remedies have been a traditional culture in India. Many people

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for curing their

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on their fingertips, people have access to a lot of firsthand information which they look up to before visiting a doctor. In

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I will talk about how people are using the self-mediative measure and its effects.

Firstly

, people are becoming more self-conscious. They want to take good care of their

health

. They do not want to depend on doctors for advising them to have a healthy living. Now with the

internet

giving them access to so much information, they can look up to it for almost every ailment.

For instance

, if a person has cold or fever, he can simply google it on the

internet

can get many self- medicative tips.

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, I feel that

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must not be used too extensively, as many

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times

internet

could give false information. Relying too much on the same could have disadvantages

also

.

For example

, if a person is suffering from stomach ache,

this

could be due to many reasons which he would not be aware of. In

such

a scenario self-medication could turn to be harmful.

Secondly

, the younger generation has started taking their

health

issues very seriously. There are many

health

apps which are being used extensively to follow a healthy lifestyle. According to a survey, 40% of the people who are in the age group of 24-35 use these

health

apps to keep themselves fit and follow a healthy diet plan.

This

ensures that they stay fit and follow a more natural way of leading a good lifestyle.

Thirdly

, many parents and grandparent inculcate the habit of treating any

sickness

or diseases through home remedies. India culture has many herbal ingredients like Tulsi, Ginger, Cardamom which are used extensively for curing the

sickness

. They

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a habit of self-medication rather than visiting the doctor and consuming antibiotics. To conclude, I would like to say that

although

people can choose to self-medicate and use the conventional medicines, it is not advisable to rely too much on the same as

this

may lead to major problems if the

sickness

is not diagnosed properly on time.