A beautiful sunny spring day in Maine. Out in the yard doing spring clean up when I got called to the hospital. A 6 foot 5 inch healthy appearing gentleman was in the ER for "arm pain" and chest discomfort. His blood pressure was 220/114.
He believed he had "heavy metal poisoning" and had been seeing an "alternative health healer". He was taking EDTA from him, regularly scheduled treatments, dose unknown
. In addition he was taking 20 supplements a day, most I had never heard of, but some included "thyroid tissue extract" and many hard to pronounce items, presumably herbs and minerals.
When told he had serious high blood pressure he refused to take blood pressure pills because, get this, he thought they would be "too toxic".
Oh well, you cannot reason with faith-based self medicators.
I wrote him a prescription for blood pressure pills (after checking over 30 blood tests, chest x-ray, EKG, etc. etc) and am now happily back in the yard soaking up the sun.
Pop quiz: should he continue his supplements?
should he continue to see his "alternative healer"?
should he take medication for his blood pressure?
maineman
What's in your belly?
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maineman
, May 07 2006 03:16 PM
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