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?

Statistics show the population of

people

who choose alternative solutions rather than visiting their usual doctor for their health

problems

has exponentially increased since the

last

decade. In terms of my mind,

due to

many

problems

like misunderstanding complex diseases and leading to being unfaithful to the

doctors

,

this

can be considered as a negative development in

society

. It's true that in so many complex and fatal diseases like cancer, the

time

of

diagnosis

plays a significant role in treatment. In these kinds of health

problems

, if

diagnosis

happens as soon as possible, may prevent the death of the patient.

While

the

diagnosis

time

can be interpreted as a golden

time

, many

people

prefer to help themselves with some alternate

treatments

like herbal teas, special soups and home

treatments

.

Consequently

, if they face major health

problems

like heart disease, not only are these kinds of

treatments

mostly ineffective but

also

make the

time

for disease worse.

For instance

, my aunt had felt pain in her chest many years before she went to the doctor to find her problem out,

hence

she lost the golden

time

the

diagnosis

and the disease became fatal. She passed away three years ago.

On the other hand

,

this

may lead members of

society

to be unfaithful to their

doctors

and medical science.

Furthermore

, many of these alternatives and options come out as scientific facts which it's not true and these rumours can make work for medical

society

harder.

For example

, when so much wrong information comes out on social media,

doctors

and medical

society

should inform

people

of the true facts and

this

is a new responsibility for them which gains their precious

time

. So not only the

time

that they can save

people

should be spent on

this

problem but

also

makes them frustrated.

This

is a real problem and negative development in

society

that governments should take decisions to tackle it. So

to sum up

,

however

, the number of

people

that use alternative

treatments

rather than visiting their

doctors

has increased, personally I consider it as a negative development because of the

problems

that it can cause for medical

society

and preventing fatal diseases.