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September 2nd, 2017 07:12 PM #11
I am surrounded by alternative medicine people! I am gonna lose my mind soon!
I have fever for 3 days now and the people closest to me are suggesting supplements and alternative medicine? All I want to do is to go to the hospital. If only I could drive myself to the hospital, I would!
Favorite Tita (Dad's sister) - told me to drink lots of Vitamin C. She takes Unicity so she suggested that. My fever is probably due to my sipon daw
Kuya Cousin - he advocates Unicity (he lost over 40 lbs ata, though I think he is too thin already) so he called me and practically forced me to order their supplements online which are so expensive btw. He will pick up the meds from Unicity in BGC and bring it to my house tomorrow so I could take it already. Eh mas maganda siguro kung sinundo na lang ako at dinala sa St Luke's
50 yr old friend - I asked him to bring me to St Luke's if my fever does not go down today BUT he told me he will cure me at his clinic and I don't need to go to the hospital anymore He is so obsessed with alternative medicine and supplements!
Childhood best friend - obsessed with yoga. She told me to avoid check ups because doctors always find something wrong and will prescribe maintenance meds which will only make things worse.
The husband of my Mom's friend is a surgeon. I complained about my back pain and he said he will do acupuncture on me. He is a surgeon who is into alternative medicine. Isn't that conflicting?
I don't know if it's just my circle or are majority of people losing trust on medical science?
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September 2nd, 2017 07:21 PM #12
Unicity is that like Usana? overpriced sups?
diba pag feverish paracetamol to control the temperature?
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September 2nd, 2017 07:27 PM #13
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September 2nd, 2017 09:31 PM #14
Anyone tried that "Essentials" of Usana?
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September 2nd, 2017 09:55 PM #15
supplements. that's the modern day patent medicine or snake oil
people were stupid then, we're still now. brain processing capability has not increased. but we have internet now which seems to make people stupider
anyway why goto hospital for only a fever? if it's not super high then it's probably just a virus. unless you've got cough w/ lots of phlegm and high fever. you really gotta go for pneumonia
people still trust modern medicine. just watch them when they have a real medical emergency eh pag walang sakit, mag indulge lang sa supplements which makes them "feel good" for mostly placebo-effect reasons, and for multi-level marketing
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September 2nd, 2017 10:00 PM #16
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September 3rd, 2017 12:30 AM #17
Some supplements worked for me I think. I take chromium picolinate to control my blood sugar (though I am not diabetic)
I want to go to the hospital because I'm scared. I usually don't get fever longer than 2 days. Today is the 3rd day already I have cough but no phlegm. Runny nose and sore throat and body pain. 38 highest reading ko.
But Doctor, money is not an issue for the health fanatics that I mentioned. They just prefer the "traditional method". My 50 yr old friend also takes a lot of supplements that are so expensive (he is perfectly healthy). My Mom's friend is into acupuncture, they charge per needle plus the fee of acupuncturist so it's definitely at least P1k session, most people do it twice a week.
PF of MD usually ranges 1k-1.5k. When I went to the ER last year for my fever, I was not even prescribed any medicine. Today I spent P2,600 for the supplements that my Kuya asked me to buy to help cure my sipon. P2600 for sipon. It would have been cheaper if I just bought decolgen
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September 3rd, 2017 12:38 AM #18sad to say, gusto ng lahat easy, six pack shortcuts, 3 min abs, 7 min whole body workouts, people still believe that drinking apple cider vinegar will have an impact on their overall health, its not that simple, puting something in your month will only make someone richer..
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September 3rd, 2017 09:26 AM #19well, when fanatics are on the table, all bets are off. "they are logical only in their own minds. one may not reason with them."
so why do folks prefer non-doctor involvement in their health issues?...
maybe they like to be "in control" ? maybe they do not like authority figures ? maybe there is this perception of cost ?
i remember my parents and relatives, when i was very young. they have this aversion going to the doctor, because the doctor is a total stranger(?), because he costs money(?), or because we must adjust to his work schedule (?)..
but when the neighbor's son came home from training as a doctor... aba! every other cough at pinapa-punta na kami sa kanyang bahay! it is only now that i am a doctor myself, that i pity that neighbor's son... trabaho na sa ospital, trabaho pa rin sa bahay...
a study on why even learned folks turn to alternative medicine, came up with... "because it aligns with their philosophy and/or expands their options".Last edited by dr. d; September 3rd, 2017 at 09:32 AM.
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September 3rd, 2017 01:09 PM #20pei pa koa ... panlaban sa sipon, etc
doctor ang nag-recommend sa akin
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