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"Watchful Waiting" works
Erin Blake
Issue date: 11/6/07 Section: Letters to the Editor
After reading Catherine Conley's article in last week's issue of The Carolinian, she said that we should have faith in our immune system and not rush out to get medicine all the time. I agree with this 100 percent. We should not load every medicine into our body at the first sign of a sniffle or cough. Our body is capable of fighting an infection if we just let it be.
I understand why she said not to be so scared of germs. By letting the germs enter system it actually builds up our immunes system, which in the long run will help us drastically. Bacteria and germs that we take care of right away will become immune to the drugs that we use for them. "Watchful Waiting" is the best thing to do.
Growing up I was defiantly a child of this method called "Watchful Waiting". My mother, when I would get sick would just watch me carefully and feed me soup. She wouldn't drug me up on medicine all the time, because when I would really need it, the cold wouldn't be immune to it, and I would be able to recover more quickly.
Parents or guardians of children need to stop drugging their kids as soon as they get sick. Have hope and let the body fight the illness on its own. Stop sterilizing their hands every time the kid touches something. Our body is indeed capable of fighting off infections. All we need to do is practice "Watchful Waiting" and let our immune system do its job.
I understand why she said not to be so scared of germs. By letting the germs enter system it actually builds up our immunes system, which in the long run will help us drastically. Bacteria and germs that we take care of right away will become immune to the drugs that we use for them. "Watchful Waiting" is the best thing to do.
Growing up I was defiantly a child of this method called "Watchful Waiting". My mother, when I would get sick would just watch me carefully and feed me soup. She wouldn't drug me up on medicine all the time, because when I would really need it, the cold wouldn't be immune to it, and I would be able to recover more quickly.
Parents or guardians of children need to stop drugging their kids as soon as they get sick. Have hope and let the body fight the illness on its own. Stop sterilizing their hands every time the kid touches something. Our body is indeed capable of fighting off infections. All we need to do is practice "Watchful Waiting" and let our immune system do its job.
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