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

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In recent years, a vast majority of individuals who are suffering from ailments are more likely to try curing themselves with alternative medicines rather than relying on a
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trend a negative development as it inclouds more drawbacks than plus points.
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with, it's an undeniable fact that doctors have
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their time and effort to becomknowledgeablele enough to cure people, it obviously took tears blood and sweats for them;
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, they are trustworthy
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there is no room left to doubt them while
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being self-directed in taking medicines together with relying on yourself in case of dealing with your health It can simply put your life in jeopardy and cause absolutely pivotal harm to your Immune system . take a person who's allergic to
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type of medicine but takes a pill in order to lessen their pain as the most
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that would cause him a more upset stomach after taking the pill as counsiqunse of not visiting a
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place; as, not having enough information about either the medicine or their allergies. another logical justification to argue with
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trend going on among the city-dwellers is that not only you might end up hurting your self but
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it might take you more time to heal from the diseases since insisting on trying to solve
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thorny issues as you are likely to be mistaken about the problem
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If you have relied on a
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they could have diagnosed the disease easier and faster so more time could have been provided to heal from the problem. By way of
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I once again reaffirm my position that visiting a
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is the most rational way of solving health problems
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I see trying medicine on your own as nothing but a negative development.
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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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