What they don't know can hurt you.
Many asthma sufferers are starting to notice that there is more choice available than going from one inhaler to the next. A lot of research is currently being carried out regarding alternative forms of dealing with asthma relief. Unfortunately most doctors don't want anything to do with them.
But doctors are only partly to blame for this ignorance. True,
there are doctors who do NOT like being told about alternative
forms of treatment for asthma relief, especially by patients.
These doctors are in the possession of a certain 'I am God',
syndrome, and if that sounds familiar to you then you have my
condolences. But not all doctors can be bad! There must be more
to it than that. Oh, there is. For a start medical schools don't
teach student doctors about alternative remedies, so your doctor
wouldn't know what you were talking (or waffling) about. Then
you have the AMA (American medical association) AND the pharmaceutical
industry mounting a virtual witch hunt against all kinds of
treatment they don't particularly agree with (and it seems that
those treatments they don't agree with are the ones they don't
receive any money for). Don't forget that your illness is big
business. But wait, there's more. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
is a body that regulates and approves all drug treatments in
the United States, but as most alternative methods aren't covered
by the FDA they aren't approved. Doctors are not permitted to
administer any treatment that isn't approved by the FDA. In
fact, doctors can have their licenses taken away from them,
or they can be fined heavily if the system decides that they
are not towing the line. Doctors can also lose the right to
see patients in hospitals too. So you see, you might think your
doctor is being pig-headed, arrogant and narrow-minded, but
it could be he's just looking out for number one.
But it isn't all doom and gloom. With the advent of a new generation of
younger, more open minded doctor, alternative treatments for
asthma relief
are being taken more seriously. Albeit very, very slowly. Experts
predict that within some twenty years alternative forms of curing
patients will be mainstream, common practice. But that's not
much good to you now, is it?
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© Karon Beattie - http://www.cure-your-asthma.com
About the Author - Karon Beattie is a former asthma sufferer.
She is the author of several books including "Naturally
Free From Asthma" which describes how she eliminated her
own asthma. This
book has helped many other sufferers WorldWide do the same.
http://www.cure-your-asthma.com