It is "dengue season" and every year we see this. ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
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Papaya or papaya extract pills do not work. This has been proven already in multiple studies. Yet this myth perpetuates. The only modern medically proven way to increase platelets immediately isโฆ
"Traditional medicine..."
"Our ancestors did these things for thousands of years..."
"Modern Medicine doctors are just insecure about traditional medicine..."
We have heard so many variations of the above.
Bottom line. If "So Called Alternative Medicine" has been proved to workโฆ
@just1doctorwala
This lady will be the first to run for a saline drip when hit with Dengue, but will tell everyone else to go sit under a Papaya tree. Classical case of spinal level thinking.
@DrhrilotMD
they quote two studies in their write up
the first study they mentioned was a double blind study but if one actually reads the paper, one will see that the standard error of mean between the intervention group and the control group overlaps when plotted on a graph, a graph theyโฆ
@just1doctorwala
I had been prescribed caripill tablets by a doctor when I got dengue. First you guys get to a consensus.
Similarly my mom was advised to take Papaya leaf juice during Chemo.
Both senior doctors at respected hospitals.
You are saying it doesn't work?