self-treatment
Britishnoun
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When conventional medicine fails to offer clear answers, especially for vague or chronic symptoms, people may turn to food as a form of self-treatment.
From Slate ● May 25, 2025
“If you’re concerned that you have an infection, go see the doctor before any self-treatment, whether it’s using a deodorant or taking over-the-counter meds,” Lincoln says.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
Ziltener agrees that more proof of deliberate self-treatment is required, but she says that the new findings are an intriguing step.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2022
According to the agency, RM has exhibited no particular symptoms while Jin is showing mild symptoms including light fever and is undergoing self-treatment at home.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
Those to whom the doctor cannot come every day have been repeatedly warned of the follies of self-treatment, and reminded that to-day it is the patient that is treated—not the disease.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
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