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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

With the development of technology and science, the medical industry has improved. There is an increasing number of

people

who choose

alternative

medicines

and treatments

instead

of visiting doctors to solve their health problems.

Although

this

may have a lot of benefits, the negative effects it brings should be paid more attention

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Admittedly, trying

alternative

medicines

and treatments have some positive effects. As

people

acknowledged, the payment for visiting a

doctor

is usually high, especially for those

people

in poor families who do not have

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medical insurance. In choosing

alternative

medicines

and

treatment

instead

of a usual

doctor

, a huge number of money could be saved and used in the more important situation they consider in the future.

However

, it is worth noticing that visiting the usual

doctor

has significant meaning in treating

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health problems. Doctors received professional education on how to deal with illness,

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able to choose the most suitable

medicines

and

treatment

for

people

, bringing

people

back to health in the quickest way.

In addition

, there is the risk that

people

may choose

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unsuitable or wrong

medicines

and treatments

due to

the lack of professional knowledge. Take my personal experience as an example, I used to take some

medicines

directly to deal with the fever I thought. But after taking

medicines

for many days, nothing changed and I had to go to visit my

doctor

. He told me that it was not a simple cold, it was another illness which was very serious and could not be solved by simply taking

medicines

. In conclusion,

although

trying

alternative

medicines

and

treatment

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can save much money, there is still the need to visit the

doctor

for

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professional advice and

treatment

.