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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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, an increasing number of
people
 with different diseases are using other types of medicines, in the place of going to a doctor. I reckon
this
 is a negative development, which can lead to a lot of problems.
To begin
 with,
people
 are conducted and influenced by a huge number of smear companies, which try to sell their products and make money. As a consequence, we use several drugs, without being consulted by a specialist, and in fact, these cause more health problems.
For instance
, in different advertisements, it is sad that the toothpaste "Parodontax" is used for gingival inflammation, but the fact is that only scaling might treat properly gingival sore.
Nevertheless
, that toothpaste is amazing as an additional treatment, but not the main one.
However
,
people
 are influenced by that advertisements, they buy them, and visit a dentist once in a blue moon when the condition of their teeth is worse. My take on
this
,
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think it is a negative development because a well-skilled specialist is meant to help patients because different types of medications have plenty of side effects, which might lead to unpleasant situations. Through thick and thin, if the
population
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 hadn't been cured by their selves, morbidity and even mortality wouldn't have increased considerably in our society.
For example
, in Romania, patients come to a dentist when they really have big problems, and it is too late to save that tooth, which will be extracted. Every time I hear the same thing, I used a lot of medication for my toothache, but the drugs didn't help me anymore. In a nutshell, the government should try to inform
people
 that the prevention of a disease it's a way better thing than the treatment. So, we might think about our health, and make a routine of once in six months to be consulted by a doctor.
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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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