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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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Many people with health issues are trying alternative
medicines
 and
treatment
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treatments
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instead
 of
channeling
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channelling
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 a medical doctor. Some people think
this
as
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is
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 a positive development. But, based on my point of view, I think
this
 is a negative approach. Symptoms
such
 as fever, headache, cramps, etc are the warning messages given by the body to convey
us
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 that there is something adverse happening inside the body. Once we receive
this
 message, we should investigate it and get proper treatment for it. If you seek help from a physician, he or she will perform some blood testing,
X-rays
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and X-rays
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 and investigate the cause
for
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of
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 symptoms. But if we just take some
medicines
 to
releive
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relieve
receive
 them by
our selves
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ourselves
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, we will miss the opportunity to discover the problems we have.
This
 is dangerous. As an example, if we try
medicines
 for fever by ourselves, without knowing that we have dengue infection, it can even take our life. It is advised that no
medicines
 should be prescribed for dengue patients, other than paracetamol. In case, if we
have
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try any powerful drug, it can aggravate the condition and push us to the severe form of the illness.
This
 can even cause death.
Similarly
, for an infection in
leg
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the leg
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, doctors prescribe antibiotics to kill germs. In case, if we have not commenced antibiotics on time, it can even lead to amputation of the leg. Many incidents have been reported in newspapers on these kinds of unfortunate events
due to
negligence
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the negligence
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 of individuals, which could have been prevented. In conclusion,
it is clear that
 people should follow proper channels for the diseases, rather than following alternative options.
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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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