Bogus 'cures' spark warning.Byline: MANDEEP SINGH A NEW alert over bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. 'cures' has gone out after a Bahraini diabetic patient collapsed. The 43-year-old man lost consciousness shortly after he consumed a 'grass-like' concoction, which he got from a 'quack' in Hamad Town, said sources. The man, who was not named but is said to be a department store assistant in Manama, had been taking the concoction for several weeks. He had given up his regular diabetes treatment, said doctors who treated him at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) ) accident and emergency department. The sources said the man collapsed at home and was rushed to the SMC by relatives, who said the 'medication' has been purchased from a quack who regularly delivers it at several points across Bahrain. "He was given a stomach wash and other treatment and is now recovering at home, but it is too early to say what effect the concoction has had on him," said one doctor. "This is not the first time this has happened and neither will it be the last." Similar cases regularly end up a the SMC, said accident and emergency department chairman Dr Jassim Al Mehza. "We have repeatedly issued alerts for people to stop using these so-called cures, but we keep getting sick people in hospital," he said. Dr Al Mehza said the Health Ministry had also written to the Industry and Commerce Ministry to intervene and stop advertising of such products. "One can find these advertisements in many publications, particularly advertising leaflets. This has to stop," he said. Repeated warnings have gone out about cowboys dealers selling grass-like substances passed off as herbal herbal, early botanical book containing descriptions and illustrations of herbs and plants with their properties, chiefly those qualities that made them useful as medicines or condiments. Most of the herbals were written between c.1470 and c. cures, sometimes on street corners. "It may be that in some cases, it is laced with harmful steroids steroids, class of lipids having a particular molecular ring structure called the cyclopentanoperhydro-phenanthrene ring system. Steroids differ from one another in the structure of various side chains and additional rings. which, when consumed in excess, could lead to severe complications," said senior resident Dr Nasser Mohammed Mansoor. "The first dose is often the most potent and gives the patient relief. He ends up thinking the 'medicine' is doing wonders and he goes on taking it, without realising he is only consuming some grass. "He does all this and gives up his regular medication. That leads to multiple problems." Earlier this month, an alert went out against so-called herbal cures for diabetes and other conditions being offered on the Internet or sold by pedlars PEDLARS. Persons who travel about the country with merchandise, for the purpose of selling it. They are obliged under the laws of perhaps all the states to take out licenses, and to conform to the regulations which those laws establish. on Bahrain's streets. It followed a Health Ministry raid on a cold store in A'ali, which yielded two cases of a "grass like" substance. The issue was then referred to the Industry and Commerce Ministry, which was urged to take action. The raid followed a complaint from a diabetes patient who said he had been taking the substance for the last three months, but had shown no signs of improvement. The patient said he paid BD10 each week for the 'cure', which was then delivered to his Hamad Town house. He also claimed he had been paying BD20 each week a year ago to an Arab man who gave him a similar drug for his condition, but had switched to the new supplier since the earlier drug had no effect. Some people have even been buying so-called cures through rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. dealers who advertise giving only a mobile phone number, then meet clients on street corners. SMC consultant general surgeon General surgeon A physician who has special training and expertise in performing a variety of operations. Mentioned in: Appendectomy Dr Khalifa bin Dayna earlier had warned people against taking such 'cures', which he said contained no medicinal properties Many plants have traditional medical uses. Ethnobotanists and pharmacognacists catalog and study these plants and uses. This is a list of some of the more common medicinal properties that are ascribed to plants. . He revealed some patients had even stopped legitimate hospital treatment in the belief they would be cured, saying that was nothing short of suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. . He said people look to cure cancer, diabetes, baldness baldness, thinning or loss of hair as a result of illness, functional disorder, or hereditary disposition; also known as alopecia. Male pattern baldness, a genetic trait, is the most common cause of baldness among white males. , hypertension and even erectile dysfunction Erectile Dysfunction Definition Erectile dysfunction (ED), formerly known as impotence, is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse. . mandeep@gdn.com.bh Copyright 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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