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?
In recent years, more and more individuals are taking medication to treat themselves without advice from medical physicians.
This
essay disagrees it is a positive development because people
might not know the underlying disease
so they might miss the best chance of finding and treating it or they might get some side
effects
from trying the medicine.
On the one hand, health problem is not a simple thing, it's possible to miss the potential causes of a simple symptom. Nowadays, people
can find information about their disease
on the internet and a significant number of people
trust this
information. Although
some data related to the disease
are true, most people
don't know how to differentiate incorrect information. Despite this
, if the explanation about a health problem is correct, some people
do not use it correctly and they are just looking for the similarity of their symptoms. For example
, even though a highly experienced doctor needs some investigations or cooperation from other physicians to reach the correct diagnosis, it's less likely general people
can confirm their medical problems without qualified knowledge.
On the other hand
, all medications have different purposes and specific side
effects
. If people
use it in the wrong situation, it will not be effective for the disease
and it might bring some side
effects
. For instance
, some medications are contraindicated for hypertension patients and if they take those medications, it will worsen their hypertension symptoms.
In conclusion, people
should be cautious about using medicines without a prescription from doctors since they can't confirm what kind of health problem they have and the medication might not work and give unwanted side
effects
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