After decades of medical practice, reading countless people and diagnosing countless diseases, I found that there are always some patients who avoid medicine, how to persuade them to refuse to take medicine, and take some diseases that can be well without medicine as supporting evidence; at the same time, there are some patients, like to take medicine, after seeing the doctor said you can not take medicine, but the patient feels sick should take medicine, and must ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine to eat; there are also some patients, buy their own medicine to take medicine indiscriminately, and the results eat out Problems! Some diseases do not take medication: natural healing The disease does not have to take medication. Disease regression: healing, chronic prolongation, aggravation. Some minor diseases, such as colds, acute gastroenteritis, etc., if their immune system is strong, as long as rest, drink more water, indeed, without medication can be good. Some diseases without medication: the consequences are serious Some diseases, such as severe hypertension, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, etc., must take medication. If you don’t take medication, you can develop serious complications in a short period of time. When should I take medication and when can I not take medication? Different diseases have different regression processes. Some diseases like common cold, in general, if the body’s immune function is good, it will turn to the good side, so usually by drinking more water and resting, it can heal itself in a week or so; but if the immune function is low, especially for patients with underlying diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, a cold can bring serious complications such as pneumonia, myocarditis, encephalitis, etc. In this case, resting and drinking more water alone is not able to There are many diseases that will have serious complications if they are not medicated and allowed to develop, such as hypertension that is allowed to develop without medication, complications such as heart, brain, kidney and other target organ damage will occur within three to five years: hypertensive heart disease, stroke, renal insufficiency, etc. The above two cases of brainstem hemorrhage is a serious complication. The brainstem is the life center of our body, the main function is to manage our body’s breathing and heartbeat, a small amount of bleeding can be fatal. However, if one insists on taking medication regularly, the complications can be delayed to 10-20 years or even longer. Severe diabetes without medication can lead to complications in as little as five or six years: diabetic nephropathy (renal insufficiency or even uremia), diabetic retinopathy (vision loss or even blindness), diabetic peripheral vasculopathy (diabetic foot), and other complications. However, if you take the medication as prescribed by the doctor, it can be delayed to 10-20 years or even longer before the above complications appear. Myth 1: The disease does not cure the root, there is no point in taking medicine Some patients think that the disease can be cured before taking medicine, but the cure does not cure the root of the disease, taking medicine can not cure, anyway, it is a disease that can not be cured, what is the point of taking medicine? It is true that some diseases can be cured at the root, such as some infectious diseases pneumonia, typhoid, etc., and some diseases can only be controlled by drugs, such as hypertension, diabetes, etc., but these diseases, if not controlled by drugs, as mentioned above, will soon appear complications. Myth 2: Blood pressure control can be stopped after normal Case: a 40-year-old hypertensive patient, a friend introduced over, a month of medicine after eating their own stop, after a period of time, blood pressure continues to rise, only to come back to see, and reluctantly take drugs again, normal and then stop, so three times, repeatedly, before they are willing to adhere to the medication. Myth 3: I can cure diabetes by strengthening my exercise and controlling my diet Some people say: “Doctor, I can treat my diabetes by strengthening my exercise and controlling my diet, I don’t have to take medication. It is true that this will have some effect, but only for some mild cases, serious cases also need to take drugs. Example: A patient who came for examination because of emaciation, found that fasting blood sugar was more than 20 (normal 6.1 or less), told the patient to consider diabetes and take medication, who knew that the patient said this sentence: “I do not need to take medication, more exercise and do not eat sweets on the line” and left, accompanied by his companion to see the doctor could not persuade. Misconception four: taking medicine indiscriminately Case: Last week, a patient was referred to me by a friend because of finger joint pain and some difficulty in moving. I was concerned that he had been buying medicine from a pharmacy for the past six months because he wanted to make it more convenient. I looked at the prescription list of the drugs he bought at the pharmacy, and there was a drug called “dexamethasone” tablets (a kind of long-acting oral hormone) with a dosage of 0.75mg twice a day, which was added by the clinic doctor for a short period of time according to the patient’s symptoms, considering arthritis. The first time the clinic doctor directly to take the bottom of the prescription directly outside to buy drugs, that is, to eat half a year of long-acting hormones, not fat, face is not swollen before the strange, of course, the side effects are not just these …… I’m really speechless, said he was “anxious to find a cure”? Say he “no culture is terrible”? I can only say “huh” to him! Reasons for refusing to take medicine? 1. no or insufficient knowledge of the disease, do not understand the evolution of the disease, especially its complications brought about by the serious harm; 2. afraid of taking drugs brought about by the side effects; It is true that the medicine three points of poison, but if therefore refuse to take drugs, that is: “pick the sesame seeds to lose the watermelon”, “because the hip waste food! “The medicine will cure the disease”. The four words “medicine to get rid of the disease” tell us that the disease is generally to take medicine, some diseases can be well without medicine does not mean that the disease can not take medicine. Some people have an acute illness will eat some medicine, but some diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and other chronic diseases, early generally do not have obvious discomfort, patients think they can do without drugs, to the middle of the disease also do not eat, which is very dangerous, until the last serious complications, only to wake up, only to regret, but it is too late. As for whether to take medication, when to take medication, it is recommended that it is better to seek medical advice promptly after the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions! Trust your doctor, your doctor is your best friend!