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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Homeopathy
- Date: 27 Dec 1992 11:02:18 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <6762@tuegate.tue.nl>,<1hcq81INN6f1@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1hcq81INN6f1@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>, greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM writes:
- >I think what you're not hearing is that I'm searching for a way to not
- >have to be an asthmatic the rest of my life. I may have found what
- >I'm looking for.
-
- I think what you haven't heard (though you should've heard it if you went to a
- competent physician) is that psychosomatically-induced asthma is quite common:
- If you believe you're going to have an asthma attack, you're much more likely
- to have one (if for no other reason than that the stress of worrying about an
- asthma attack is likely to trigger one). I'm glad to hear that you've found a
- means to prevent such psychomatic attacks. Now, your next step should be to
- learn that that's what they are (quite likely) and wean yourself from the quack
- "cures" you're taking.
-
- >If I were satisfied with conventional treatment, then most certainly
- >I would find a respiratory specialist and closely comply with his
- >medical advise and care.
-
- Please: Try to find a physician who is willing to talk to you about your
- illness rather than just prescribing a medication and shooing your out of his
- office (and I realize that such physicians are pretty rare; if you can consult
- with a physician who deals with something like diabetes [where the goal is to
- make the patient as independent of the doctor, and as aware of how his
- lifestyle affects his disease as possible], then you'd be making a good start),
- then you're likely to find yourself living a healthy life without any need
- even for the homeopathic placebos.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-