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Are you recommending bloodletting as a cure for some of the nastiest pollution ever created by humans? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting https://en.wi
by RobertRoberts 4y ago
Are you recommending bloodletting as a cure for some of the nastiest pollution ever created by humans?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting
- WrtCdEvrydy 4y agoTo be honest, I've been given similar advice for high levels of iron once from a doctor. Let go of a few gallons over a year and my iron has never been that high before.
- Beltiras 4y agoI think it spoke to the desperation of the situation, not that it was a solution worthy of being called "a cure".
- fmajid 4y agoIt's either that or pumping for breast milk. Since we have no idea what gender "superkuh" is, the latter may not be an option, despite their username...
- collegeburner 4y agoJust because it doesn't cure everything doesn't make it useless, bodybuilders do it as well to control blood pressure. Kinda like how those bubonic plague masks don't make covid masks useless.
- RobertRoberts 4y agoAre you saying because bodybuilder use bloodletting that it's a good solution to blood pressure issues?
- arcticbull 4y agoJust wait until you see how maggots are used in modern medicine. [1] Not all old ideas are bad. [1] https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/medical-maggots/ https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/medical-maggots/
- RobertRoberts 4y agoAn old saying is an "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". When the cure prevents any analysis of applying prevention (even discussing it) then the cure is part of the problem.
- arcticbull 4y agoIn what way does either of these cures prevent any analysis?
- RobertRoberts 4y agoWhen some absurd cure comes along, and you question it's veracity, the common and often immediate (even vitriolic) response is to find some extreme edge case where the cure is effective. This approach demonizes the questioner while justifies the cure for any and all ailments. Therefore shutting down any rational discussion on the merits of both the cure, underlying disease/problem and any concepts of prevention.
- collegeburner 4y agoI'm saying exactly what I said. In some cases, where a person has high blood cells, it might be a good option. Talk to your doctor first or whatever.
- colechristensen 4y agoYes, I would recommend bloodletting. There are a collection of things which are difficult for your body to eliminate, regularly extracting blood is a mechanism for getting rid of some of them.
- kube-system 4y agoBloodletting as a psuedoscience is bad. Therapeutic phlebotomy is a modern medical procedure.
- tru3_power 4y agoAgreed. My doctor actually had me do this last year due to high ferritin/iron levels. I did a double red blood cell procedure and the fatigue issues I had went away.