Nowadays,a growing number of people with health problem are trying alternative medicines and treatment instead of visiting their usual doctor Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

There is a trend these days that

large

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number of unhealthy

people

prefer to use substitutional

medicines

and

treatement

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treatment

instead

of going to their

doctor

. From my point of view,

this

development will have detrimental effects on

patients

and can lead to more serious

health

issues. On one hand, ignoring your

doctor

's prescription and following your own mind is quite hazardous for your

health

as

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knowledge and treatment cannot

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with your own DIY tasks.

Moreover

,

Health

practitioners are

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experts who spent years of their lives

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dealing with

patients

and

medicines

. They know how each medicine works inside the human body and what side effects it can cause to it.

Consequently

,

patients

who think they are smart enough to use any medicine they feel

right

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for their problem

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up having a greater

health

problem. A

real life

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example is of 50 years old man

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in our neighbourhood.

Doctors

diagnosed him a cervical cancer and

instead

of following

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prescription he started getting herbal

medicines

which

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him to death.

On the other hand

,

doctors

are charging

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fee

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for one checkup which is not affordable for the majority of

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the

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people

.

Therefore

, most

people

prefer to get a checkup from

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civil hospital where

doctors

don't pay much attention to the

patients

.

As a result

,

people

get disappointed with

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behaviors

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behaviours

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of

health

practioners

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practitioners

and try to find a substitute medicine or treatment that can be easily available on any

pharmcay

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pharmacy

with

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low

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cost. To exemplify, there is

a

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proven research that 80% of

pain killers

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are getting sold out in pharmacies without

doctor's

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a doctor's

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prescription.

This

shows that

people

run to pharmacies

instead

of

doctors

to

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the pain. To summarize,

Although

doctors

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behaviour and increased financial instability

is

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causing the increased trend of using substitutional

medicines

and

treament

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treatment

treatments

but

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this

cannot ignore the detrimental effects of self-treatment without any background knowledge or experience. I don't support

this

negative advancement in peoples' behaviors which can cause risk to human

health

.