Do you REALLY need medication all the time?

See if you have any of these (or know someone who does):

1 - Adult with high blood pressure, frequent colds, tonsillitis and hoarseness;

2 - Patient who can't lose weight, is dissatisfied with their skin/aesthetics and has been to several doctors without success;

3 - Women with “lazy bowels”, who only work with laxatives;

4 - An athlete who develops breast lumps, even with a suspicion of local cancer;

5 - Nurses who try to take care of themselves, but suffer from depression/anxiety and low immunity;

6 - Executive, always very busy, very tired and irritable;

7 - Candidates who experience headaches, dizziness, difficulty concentrating and general low productivity in their studies.

These are very common cases, aren't they? And tell me if what happens to them most of the time isn't something like this:

• They first try to ignore the symptoms, hoping that they will get better on their own;

• If they don't go away, they learn to live with them, still hoping they'll get better on their own;

• If it becomes long-lasting or bothersome, self-medication or home remedies of various origins/recommendations are common;

• When a doctor is consulted, most of the time the patient leaves with one (or more) diagnoses and prescriptions for medication, after a quick consultation (often with a very superficial anamnesis), often without any previous complementary tests.

However, reflect with me on the cases above:

✅ Case 1: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by low daily water intake;

✅ Case 2: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by inadequate nutrition;

✅ Case 3: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by low fiber intake;

✅ Case 4: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by physical exercise practiced inappropriately (for example, in excess, so-called “overtraining”);

✅ Case 5: All of the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by insufficient/inadequate sleep (as is common in those who work on call);

✅ Case 6: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by chronic excess stress;

✅ Case 7: All the signs/symptoms reported can be caused (or made much worse) by inadequate breathing, leading to low cerebral oxygenation;

In other words, for ALL these patients, the prevention and treatment of their disorders necessarily depends on improving their lifestyle habits, i.e. the way they take care of their own health (http://icaro.med.br/a-base-de-tudo/).

So, back to the initial question, for YOU to think about: do you REALLY need medication all the time?

Cheers,

Icarus