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Post by kensington on Aug 3, 2008 19:13:59 GMT
Yet another doctor is advising a patient to take a homeopathic remedy. This time round it is Dr Christian Jessen in one of Britain's more popular celebrity gossip magazines Closer (2-8 August 2008). Worryingly he advises a woman to take some homeopathic tablets before seeing her GP. A woman wrote in claiming she was hit on one of her breasts during a game of paintball and it is now swollen and red. Here is his reply: If your breast is swollen and red then you must have taken quite a hit! Try taking arnica, which is a homeopathic remedy known to help reduce bruising. Get 30c strength tablets from the chemist and take one four times a day, for a week. At the end of this time, your breast should have returned to normal. If it hasn't, please see your GP.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Aug 3, 2008 22:28:12 GMT
thats disgraceful. Do you have a scan of the magazine?
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Post by fluffet on Aug 3, 2008 22:53:27 GMT
I didnt know you could even get arnica in tablet form ? Ive seen the gel which i have to admit ive used on bruises before but ingesting it seems weird as i thought it was more in the vein of a rub like ralgex or deep heat (without the heat of course ) For an injury like the one above no one in their right mind would suggest tablets of any kind over going to the docs to get it checked out first far less a medical professional .
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Post by kensington on Aug 4, 2008 10:54:44 GMT
Jon, what I will do is take a basic pic of it and then keep a copy of the original magazine as well. It is the 2nd August issue. I was shocked when I read it and considering the readership it is worrying.
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Post by Amaris on Aug 4, 2008 11:57:26 GMT
Jon, what I will do is take a basic pic of it and then keep a copy of the original magazine as well. It is the 2nd August issue. I was shocked when I read it and considering the readership it is worrying. William, Closer magazine was not quite what I had in mind when we talked about extending your reading experiences
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Post by kensington on Aug 4, 2008 14:28:42 GMT
I know but in between my serious reading of Hello and Ok and Heat I have to have some lighter reading material so I just happened to glance at a copy of Closer. It happens to the best of us
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Aug 4, 2008 18:56:12 GMT
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Post by mue on Aug 4, 2008 21:42:49 GMT
Dr Christian Jessen, you win mue's TWONK of the month award. Your prize, my raised middle finger. Nice find William....or do you prefer Bill...it's certainly easier to type!
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Post by julia on Aug 4, 2008 21:55:24 GMT
I suppose we should be grateful that he recommended seeing a GP, but most swellings subside within a week with or without treatment!
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Post by kensington on Aug 5, 2008 0:13:29 GMT
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Post by Meercat on Aug 5, 2008 0:20:43 GMT
Ah... so, a swelling caused by a paintball. The 'Doc' recommends Arnica for a week and the swelling will go down. I'm guessing if you sniffed a stoat for a week the swelling would also go down....
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Post by tomroberts on Aug 5, 2008 0:29:02 GMT
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Post by fruitbat on Aug 5, 2008 7:48:20 GMT
Arnica has been used for years. My Grandma taught me about arnica. Don't see a problem with it personally. If the word homeopathic had not been used you would not get so upset, right? Or had you not ever heard of arnica?
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Post by BeamStalk on Aug 5, 2008 13:12:01 GMT
Ah... so, a swelling caused by a paintball. The 'Doc' recommends Arnica for a week and the swelling will go down. I'm guessing if you sniffed a stoat for a week the swelling would also go down.... Was thinking along the same. I doubt it will even take a week for the swelling to go down. I play paintball and a close range hit hurts but doesn't really bruise, so the swelling is gone in no time.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Aug 5, 2008 14:22:31 GMT
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Post by Tetchy on Aug 5, 2008 14:40:35 GMT
I have seen women use Arnica in both tablet and gel form for post surgical bruising and to be honest it doesn't seem to affect the length of time it takes for any bruising to subside. The bruising depends on the site, size and age of the person. As far as I am aware there are no prescribable medications in tablet or gel or cream which will reduce bruising. Time is the best healer in this case. The only reason I can think of him even suggesting Arnica is that it had been a slow letter day and he needed something to fill his page. It doesn't make him a bad doctor just a bad journalist.
T ;D
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Post by Meercat on Aug 5, 2008 19:36:46 GMT
Arnica has been used for years. My Grandma taught me about arnica. Don't see a problem with it personally. If the word homeopathic had not been used you would not get so upset, right? Or had you not ever heard of arnica? I'm well aware of what Arnica is, my point being that whether you took Arnica, sniffed a stoat or rubbed Bee sperm on your eyeballs, the result would be the same, the swelling from a paintball hit will go down in a week regardless of what you do/take. So it's a bit of a waste of time suggesting a 'remedy' for it isn't it?
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Post by fruitbat on Aug 5, 2008 22:12:53 GMT
I personally think it was stupid to write to a magazine with regards to a bruise....but hey, this site shows how many fruitloops there are out there.
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Post by kensington on Aug 6, 2008 17:13:22 GMT
I've got to say that in this instance I think it does make him a bad doctor on this occasion as he is recommending something that appears to do nothing. A doctor should not do that. What he should have said is give it a bit more time and then see her GP if it does not heal instead of recommending some homeopathic tablets.
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Post by fruitbat on Aug 7, 2008 7:48:02 GMT
Some people just like to moan rather than get on with it.
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