Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting the usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

It is now trending for
people
suffering from various health issues to try
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medicines
and therapies by themselves without consulting with their family
doctors
. As far as I am concerned,
this
is
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negative trend and the reasons why
this
is a bad sign will be clarified in
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essay.  Seemingly, there are two vivid reasons why findings
alternative
medicines
and treatments by patients alone
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negative
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impact. The
first
idea is that no one can possibly know more about pills than
doctors
.
This
means that
doctors
’ accumulated knowledge is inevitably greater and broader than normal
people
due to their devotion to their
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for several years.
Therefore
,
for instance
, if
patient
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suffering from
certain
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illness takes
alternative
medicines
which can be dangerous without letting know his usual doctor,
then
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the long run, his health will surely break down because of the side effects from
such
treatments that he made with his limited knowledge. Another striking fact is that there will be
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misunderstanding
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between
doctors
and patients if
this
situation grows bigger and bigger.
In other words
,
people
would look up to themselves while underestimating
doctors
’ skills if their
alternative
methods went well luckily once.
As a result
, they will stop visiting their respective
doctors
and
this
sacred job will become a dead profession eventually. In conclusion, I would argue that there is not a single possible effect that will benefit
people
by trying
alternative
medicines
. While one of the noble professions (Doctor) can be vanished due to
this
manner,
people
’s lives can be lost in the worst case.
Hence
, we need to have faith in
doctors
so that nothing undesired will happen in the future.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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