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.

In our current time, an increasing amount of people with

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issues are attempting to use alternative medications and treatments

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of visiting their usual medical professional. I think

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development should be viewed negatively, as

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act may lead to a misusage of drugs and

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, which can be quite dangerous.

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, many medical misinformation may be spread among people, potentially resulting in a major

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crisis. Refraining from usual visits to doctors can lead to an improper use of medicine.

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is because without a professional's prescription, a patient is very likely to overdose or underdose a certain medicine, and in many cases even use the wrong one. Threats that come from wrong treatment can be worse than the ones it was done for. A traumatizing example that convinces me that

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change is negative, is when an uncle of mine had an extremely serious arm tumor that was growing rapidly. He refused to visit the doctor until his situation became a life-or-death. Sadly, his arm had to be cut off, which would have not been the case,

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the doctor, if he had visited for advice earlier. Another reason

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that forces me to believe that the said development is bad, is the possible growth of wrong advice amongst

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. If individuals practice wrong treatment methods, and these methods somehow work for them, they will most likely share their practice with others. A common fatal

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back when the plague was present in Europe was that hugging others allowed one to heal from the disease.

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increased the infection rates. In conclusion, quantities of unhealthy people are avoiding visiting doctors for advice,

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different treatment methods and medicines. I see

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as a negative development, as misinformation could be spread

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the occurrence of other

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detriments.