Nowadays, an increasing number of people with health problems are using alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their normal doctor. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

Nowadays, a growing number of
people
who are suffering from diseases and health issues, tend to use
alternative
remedies rather than going to hospitals. In my opinion,
this
is a negative trend as it likely going to
disaster
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consequences.
Firstly
, an increasing number of
people
are
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tend to find natural and home treatments, so it would get worsen the level of the disorder. Many
of
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alternative
medicines are not suitable for chronic diseases,
such
as
,
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disc
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, so when these self-
drived
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cures
used
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in
wrong
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the wrong
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way it may
lessens
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pain
for
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the
short-term
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but it deteriorate
condition
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in the
long-term
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.
For example
, if you use
placebo
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to diminish the
pain
in your neck,
but
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it might not be a simple
pain
, maybe it is cervical
disc's
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pain
.
Secondly
, when
people
start using
alternative
medicines that have never been studied in
liboratory
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laboratory
under
supervision
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of
profesionalists
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professionalism
professionalises
, they unconsciously are going to believe in superstitions and
also
they spread these thoughts to the
people
around them,
therefore
, healthcare development will have deprived by
widespreading
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widespread
unhealthy home treatments.
For instance
, if someone who has cancer
use
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alternative
remedies
instead
of visiting
doctor
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a doctor
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, the science about types and levels of cancer
are
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not going to investigating and it will not get progress in finding a cure for cancer. In conclusion, considering the negative aspects of using
alternative
remedies, I believe it can
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to
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catastrophic
catastrophe
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consequences
conceguences
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consequences
, not only for
individuals
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health but
also
for science progressing.
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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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