THE LAZY WAY TO KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY In the UK it is estimated that around 1 in 4 appointments at doctor’s surgeries are unnecessary. This costs the NHS around two billion pounds a year in wasted resources. Most of the unnecessary appointments are to do with coughs and colds, back ache and something doctors refer to as TATT which stands for tired all the time. The other waste is with babies and toddlers brought into the doctor because they have nothing more than a runny nose. Good doctors do not complain about the 1 in 4 because just now and again any one of the patients could have something serious. A hacking cough with an older smoker just might be a sign of some serious chest problem. One worried mother took her three year old son to the doctor as she was worried about his nose bleeds at night along with a high temperature. The doctor asked her how she knew he had a temperature when she did not even have a thermometer and dismissed her without any examination or medication with the words along the lines of don’t waste my time.
Three months later the boy was admitted to hospital with a kidney tumour and a year after cancer treatment he died. This is a true story; it was my son. Doctor’s cannot take those risks but there certainly are times when we can do a lot more for ourselves before rushing off to the GP. For a headache we can take an aspirin, for a cough we can take some cough syrup and whenever we get constipated or just suffer from a bloated feeling we can take one of the many readily available supplements that gently ease the problem.
A common one for that latter scenario is a product called Colosan which as the name implies is designed to help with the colon. The magic ingredient consists of allotropes of magnesium oxide and as this is introduced into the intestines it is designed to help cleanse the colon by aiding a more regular movement. It is a product that works well for many but if there are any doubts then similar products can be bought at The Finchley Clinic where there are hundreds of natural products for sale online. There is nothing wrong with a little self-diagnosis before we reach for our phones to make a doctor’s appointment. Often the first place to drop into is your local high street chemist when you feel you have caught a bug. The chemist is often the first in any community to be aware of a local bug doing the rounds as he or she will already have seen plenty of prescriptions for it. The other way is to make use of the internet. Many doctors hate it when some patient walks in and says I think I have so and so because I read up about it on the internet. When an acquaintance did just that his peed off doctor told him that as he knows what it is he will know what drug is subscribed and why did he not just go straight to the chemist and buy it. For Colosan online log on to thefinchleyclinic