Health hazard

The Hidden Dangers And Health Hazards Of
NOT Having Access To A Skilled
Health Care Practitioner

Take a minute or two and read this incredible account of what should have been an avoidable health hazard. It’s a horrifying scenario that actually happened to one of my patients. I guarantee it will hold your attention.   

A young woman, living in the state of Missouri, at the time, awoke one morning, got out of bed, put on a pair of slippers and walked over to her bathroom to ready herself for the day. Little did she know that a brown recluse spider – a violin spider - was lurking inside of her right slipper. The spider probably crawled in during the night and decided it was comfortable in the cool dark space inside the slipper. 

While brushing her teeth the woman felt a slight itch on top of her right foot but paid no attention to it. Within a few days the area on top of her right foot became inflamed, alternating between an itchy feeling and a dull pain. 

After the fourth day the pain had progressed to the point where she had to take a strong dose of aspirin to sleep at night. After a week, she awoke one morning to searing pain in her foot.

When she looked down at her foot – to her shock and amazement – she had a bulls eye pattern of concentric red and dark bluish black circles permeating out from the spider bite, which showed as a slightly raised black dot in the center.  

In addition to this manifestation, her foot had swollen to the size of a football! Her pain was so great she cried out in agony the entire day.

Her boyfriend took her to the local community hospital’s emergency room that evening. The ER Docs were baffled as to what could be done.  

One of the Doctors suggested she immediately see a Toxicologist to determine the extent of damage and what could be done about it. The Doctor arranged through his office to have the woman see the Toxicologist the next day. What the Toxicologist told her during the examination at his office was not something she wanted to hear. 

“Why did you wait so long to see a Doctor about this?” He asked.  

“I didn’t think it was so bad at first. I thought it might have been a bad mosquito bite. Then it did this.” Replied the woman, as she looked down at her foot.  

“Well, this is the worst violin spider bite I’ve ever seen.” Responded the Toxicologist.  

“You should’ve seen a Doctor before the venom from the spider could do so much tissue damage. Do you have a family Doctor?” He demanded. 

“No, I don’t. I haven’t been able to get in to see a Doctor for the past year. That’s why I waited at home to see if my foot would get better by itself.” She said. 

The Doctor shook his head while looking at her foot. He was looking directly down at the foot but couldn’t see her toes. Incredibly, the skin on her foot had extended out and literally overlapped her toes.  

He remarked sternly. “I can’t see but one course of action here.”  

“What’s that? Questioned the woman’s boyfriend. 

The Doctor looked the woman in the eyes and pronounced her sentence.

“If you want to keep your foot I’ll need to cut away the flesh on the top of your foot and I think we should take out your metatarsal bones. I’m sure all of the tissue in those areas is completely dead now and the bones compromised.”  

Shocked and speechless, the trembling young woman turned to her boyfriend and asked.

“What do you think I should do?” 

Her boyfriend shrugged his shoulders and just stared at her foot without saying a word. 

The Toxicologist chimed in.

“Look, you can’t let this thing get any worse or you’ll lose your entire foot. Let’s get you scheduled for surgery the day after tomorrow. 

What else could she do, she was trapped. They scheduled the surgery and she went home. She called one of her best friends who happened to know me. They talked about the entire ordeal and the woman asked her friend if she knew of anyone who could help her without cutting away half of her foot. 

Her friend immediately told her about my Alternative Medicine practice and had her call me. After hearing what happened to her, I suggested the woman postpone the surgery for exactly one week. I told her it would be a gamble, but if she wanted to keep her foot intact, it was a bet she’d have to take. 

She agreed and called the Toxicologist to call off the surgery until further notice.  

Long story short:.. I suggested a natural remedy for her to take, available at most reputable health stores in every state, for a total cost of under $10. After getting hold of the remedy, she began taking it the next day, as instructed. It took all of three short days to counteract the spider venom, reverse her symptoms and restore her foot to normal size and function. 

The only telltale signs of her complication was a scaly section of skin the size of a dime, where the spider bit her and a dull soreness throughout her foot. After a week the scaly scab was almost invisible and the soreness was completely gone. 

I’ll bet you’re wondering what she took to counteract the spider bite and escape surgery.  Telling you that would have little to do with why I’m relating this story to you. But I’ll tell you anyway. 

I instructed the woman to take the homeopathically potentized extract of a rattlesnake’s venom. Once in her blood stream, it quickly sought out and broke down the toxic compound of the spider’s venom – rendering it inert and harmless.  

Here’s an example of a happy ending that could have gone south quickly if a patient’s friend hadn’t referred her to me for care. It’s not that my mojo or medicine is more powerful than the Toxicologist.

The point is that the woman was able to consult with me – an Alternative Medicine Practitioner – about a Primary Care health issue that could have turned ugly fast.  

Let’s suppose the woman could have gotten in to see a traditional Primary Care Family Doctor when the spider first bit her. At the very least, the Doctor could have begun treating the woman on the spot or referred her to a Specialist treating venomous bites. 

Because she was unable to get in to see a Primary Care Provider, she allowed her complication to develop into a potentially hazardous situation that could have dramatically changed her life for the worse.

Frankly, my observations and research indicate this is what most of us tend to do... procrastinate when it comes to safeguarding our health.  

Unfortunately, with a violin spider bite, or some other serious Primary Care health issue, we often wait until a simple condition develops into something serious, requiring the secondary care of a Specialist. This is where the lack of Primary Care Providers can be particularly dangerous. 

Primary Care is supposed to be the gatekeeper, first line of defense against uncomplicated illness and other basic health issues.

When you’re unable to get in to see a Primary Care Provider about a basic health issue - and you decide to ‘let it go’ for now - the condition can progress from an irritation to an inflammation to a sub-acute state and finally, in many instances, to a chronic or even degenerative condition requiring specialized care and management.  

As you can see from the story I just told you, there are Alternative Medicine Practitioners who can see you for many Primary Care health issues. Do your homework and find out who these Practitioners are. You’ll thank me for this bit of advice.

To what lengths would YOU go to see a Primary Care Doctor?

A woman living in Southern Colorado awoke one morning to a painful abdomen, which she recognized as a recurrence of a persistent bladder infection. She immediately contacted her local Primary Care Family Doctor but was refused an office visit for six successive attempts.  

In desperation she went to the local community hospital’s emergency room. The hospital advised that she return to her Primary Care Provider’s office where she belonged. Her Family Doctor refused to see her again. 

Disgusted and emotionally spent, she drove to PHOENIX, ARIZONA, to see a Primary Care Family Doctor she hadn’t been to in TEN YEARS. Luckily the Doctor had agreed to see the woman for her painful condition. 

The entire ordeal cost her $6,000.00 OUT OF POCKET!

The dark side of America’s Primary Care Provider inaccessibility crisis

Disheartening…

Did you know that a lot of children in this country are not allowed to play outside after school or on weekends because the parents are scared to death the kids will break a bone or get sick and need to see a traditional Doctor?  

Why is this a problem, you might ask? Because the parents are too poor to afford the Doctor bills and even when they can, it’s often impossible to find a Pediatrician or Family Practitioner to see their kids! 

Outrageous… 

An elderly New Yorker in relatively good health suffered a minor stroke and was admitted to a hospital. The hospital’s answer to his condition was to do nothing but heavily medicate him without considering any other possible mode of therapy or treatment such as chelation therapy, Acupuncture, Chiropractic or fasting.

The man’s wife consulted with an Alternative Medicine Practitioner about his condition. The Practitioner suggested a few minor but apparently effective biological treatments that could be administered to the man while hospitalized. 

The man was soon sent to a long-term care facility where he began to make a rapid recovery due to the introduction of the recommended alternative medicine treatments. The medical Doctors discovered this and advised his wife to discontinue the ‘quack’ treatments.

The Alternative Medicine Practitioner who aided in the man’s initial, rapid recovery was asked by the man’s wife to “let the REAL Doctors take care of him.”  

The REAL Doctors immediately and recklessly increased his medications. The man’s condition deteriorated rapidly. He developed infected bedsores, extreme rheumatic complications and finally his kidneys began to fail and death came within weeks.  

Ridiculous… 

An elderly Midwestern woman with a serious heart condition was refused medical care at her local community health center because the front desk of the practice couldn’t find her paperwork. It took a week to find her file.

The delay resulted in the woman not being seen by a Medical Doctor at the practice. Due to the seriousness of her situation, the woman was compelled to visit her local hospital’s emergency room for expensive consultation and treatment.

Don’t let a lack of knowledge about basic hygiene and proper physiological function or about what your health care Practitioners can and can’t do for you, turn your life into a walking, breathing health hazard waiting to happen.


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