Individuality a unique state of being was Just Shut Up and Listen to Your Doctor

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Some people function OK or even better on a higher blood sugar than the

allegedly " normal " blood sugar level - so this is probably the same for

people who tolerate a higher B/P and a higher Cholesterol - are " normal "

levels just an assessment of " average " anyway and does " average " suit all

people?

 

Low B/P gives people that faint feeling, with high B/P people will often

have a headache, so they are not symptom free conditions and people can

treat these sensations themselves unless they are total wimps and one of the

" run to the Dr for everything " bunch.

 

Recent articles on cholesterol have indicated that cholesterol is an

uniquely personal figure too and not specifically related to anything else

other than the need to sell the Statin drugs to the unsuspecting public so

that they then start to suffer from real symptoms which do need treatment,

swollen extremities, arthritic and muscular pain among them - and the drugs

for those common symptoms have excellent range of drug treatable

side-effects. This is the pyramid of human disease state needs for this

century.

 

So is this what it is really all about, how many more lives can we ruin with

our toxic chemicals? If the patients fit into " normal range " our " normal

range will stay constant " whereas outside that range we may have to

consider the " individuality " theory.

 

Individuality involves a deeper understanding of people's real needs.

Individuality is a very difficult symptom which needs to be denigrated by

all doctors / classified as " stupid " before the public starts freeing itself

from Medical and Surgical and Pharmacological bondage.

 

Well I know what I'm trying to say even if it does come across as a bit

complex/garbled.

 

Best,

 

Jane

 

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" Irene " Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:36 AM

Just Shut Up and Listen to Your Doctor

 

 

> Study: Just Shut Up and Listen to Your Doctor

> Informed patients are being stupid.

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> " Involved " patients not always healthier

> Last Updated: 2008-02-29 13:00:13 -0400 (Reuters Health)

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> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take a proactive role in their

> healthcare may be better-informed, but that may not necessarily translate

> into better health, results of a study hint. In the study of 189 adults

> with high blood pressure, researchers found

> that those who wanted a greater say in their healthcare tended to have

> higher blood pressure and cholesterol than patients who let their doctors

> have most of the control. This was despite the fact that the

> more-proactive

> patients were more likely to get health information from various sources,

> like the Internet and medical brochures. The findings, reported in the

> Annals of Behavioral Medicine, suggest that merely being involved in

> healthcare decisions does not necessarily make patients healthier. " It's

> not

> a one-size-fits-all approach, " lead researcher Dr. Austin Baldwin, of the

> Iowa City VA Medical Center, said in a statement. It's possible,

> according

> to Baldwin and his colleagues, that the more-involved patients were more

> likely to be at odds with their doctors. And studies have found that

> patients generally tend to do better when they agree with their doctors on

> how to manage their health problems. The benefits of being proactive may

> also depend on the medical condition in question, the researchers point

> out.

> In this study, involved patients had higher blood pressure and cholesterol

> overall, but the same was not true when it came to blood sugar control.

> Elevated blood pressure and cholesterol are symptom-free problems,

> Baldwin's

> team notes, and this may make the conditions harder for people to manage.

> In contrast, blood sugar highs and lows often do cause symptoms, and

> people

> may be able to figure out how to adapt their daily lives to get better

> control of their blood sugar. It's also possible, Baldwin and his

> colleagues

> note, that some patients who wanted more involvement felt that way because

> their care was inadequate.

> More research, they conclude, is needed to understand the reasons for the

> findings.

> SOURCE: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2008.

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