Limitation of homeopathy in treating emergency case

Contents
Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Literature Review .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Data Collection .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Semi Structured Interview .................................................................................................................... 6 Multiple analytical tools........................................................................................................................ 6 Critical Evaluation of Literature .................................................................................................................... 7 Limitation of Homeopathic in Emergency .................................................................................................... 9 Focused Group Discussion ...................................................................................................................... 11 Questionnaire Survey.............................................................................................................................. 11 Descriptive research ................................................................................................................................ 11 Research Ethics ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Implication of research Ethics................................................................................................................. 11 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 12 References .................................................................................................................................................. 13

Abstract
The basic principle of Homeopathic treatment was first stated by German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathic treatment is very popular for its fewer side effects. Many articles were written on this issue. Homeopathic treatment is a very powerful way of alternative treatment. Homeopathic treatment is popular from very beginning of its invention but it is not effective for all type of disease. All type of diseases is not curable by micro doses of Homeopathic treatment. Homeopathic treatment is not appropriate for some disease or condition which are life threatening as well as known as emergency situation. Most of them are not for personal interest but for the betterment of the society. This article mainly focuses on the power of homeopaths in emergency moments of life and death. The objective of this article is not disgrace the Homeopathy science but to find out he limitation of Homeopathic treatment in case of emergency situation. The treatment of Homeopathic is a very powerful way of alternative treatment. Homeopaths believe that Homeopathic treatment and medicine can be used now days in case of emergencies in connection with the heroic modern medical treatment. But most important thing is that in case of emergency condition it is not possible to wait for a long time period treatment and it is the major limitation of Homeopathic treatment is that of consumption of time. Homeopathic treatment is not so effective in case of emergency situation like brain stroke (apoplexy), sudden chest pain (myocardial infarction), unbearable painful condition, coma from brain injury etc.

INTRODUCTION
Does Homeopathy can meet the emergency condition? We cant avoid the importance of this question. Because average lay people believe that homeopathy can be useful in case of emergency condition. But it is an interesting matter that they use homeopathy for their chronic condition at the mean time they use modern medicine to get cure at critical moments. Medical organizations sometimes believe in this as well. Whether Homeopaths are also agreed with this general belief is a matter of suspects. But some of the Homeopaths argue against this type of belief. It is a matter of concern that whether modern society can defense the argument and evaluate them (Navin ,2011). Many articles were written on this issue. Most of them are not for personal interest but for the betterment of the society. This article mainly focuses on the power of homeopaths in emergency moments of life and death. Homeopaths treatment is a popular and effective treatment. One cannot say that the treatment of Homeopaths is not effective at all. If so than we can get two conclusions. One is the Homeopath doctor are not expert in applying the medicine and another is the Homeopathic science is incomplete and has serious shortcomings. But the problem is that Homeopathic treatment has very slow working process which is not appropriate in emergency situation. Many Homeopaths said that they are not prepared to accept the limitation of Homeopathic. Homeopaths can be limitation but not the Homeopathic. If any, it is the result of not practice Homeopathic for several years. The objective of this article is not disgrace the Homeopathy science but to find out he limitation of Homeopathic treatment in case of emergency situation.

Literature Review
Homeopathy is spelled homoeopathy or homopathy; is come from the Greek hmoios- . It is a form of alternative form of medicine treatment. Now a days Practitioners give the patients highly diluted preparations with a belief that will cure the disease in a very easy and simple way. In modern days symptoms are easily treated and cured by modern medicine. Scientific evidence has found homeopathy no more effective than a placebo. The basic principle of Homeopathic treatment was first stated by German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathic treatment is very popular for its fewer side effects. Patients believe that Homeopathic treatment is very effective. But Homeopathic treatment has some limitations also. The foremost limitation of Homeopathic treatment is it is very slow in process and not effective in emergency case (Ernst ,2002). It is possible for a Homeopathy physician to come into the light when he or she is treating an emergency patient. This because of the steadiness of Homeopathy, in case of treatment of a patient with emergency treatment should be faster. It is the major limitation of Homeopathy treatment. In his study (Mathie, 2003) stated that a doctor who has a vast of experience in Homeopathic treatment shares his experience about the treatment of a Homeopathy clinic. This doctor is associated with a hospital for more than 21 years. The hospital is a unique hospital and most of the patient visit the hospital is taking Homeopathic treatment. He is in the department of gynecology & obstetrics from the beginning of his duty. His department is full all-time with 5060 patients. Over the last 20 years he faces many cases of patients. But it is a matter of sorrow that most of the cases with emergency situation Homeopathic treatment are not enough for the patient and in very rare cases the patients are cured from their problem (Mathie ,2003).

Data Collection
To conduct any research data collection is a major task. Proper data collection method should be selected for carrying out the process of research (Saunders, et al 2009). Data collection methods are discussed below: Primary Data Primary data is that data which is collected by the researcher himself. Primary data is collected by answer and question system, personal communication, and interviewing etc. (Bryman, 2008). For this study primary data will be collected from the patients and homeopaths about the treatment and its limitations. Secondary Data Secondary data is that data which is collected from any other existing primary data. Secondary data is basically collected from published journals, websites and so on. According to (Bryman, 2008), the nature, process and purpose of collecting secondary data may not be applicable with the existing situation. Semi Structured Interview Semi structured interview is basically used for collecting data for qualitative research. According to semi structured interview open ended questions are asked to the interviewer Creswell (2007). Data Analysis Data Analysis refers to analyze. Illustrate, condense and evaluate data by using appropriate analytical tools. Various analytical procedures provide a way to collect the signal from the noise (statistical fluctuations) show in the data. Multiple analytical tools According to (Kumar, 2005), at the time of collecting quantitative and qualitative research, when analyzing data many analytical tool is more useful. Researcher can make a structure of the research by using multiple analytical tools. For both qualitative and quantitative research multiple analytical tools is very useful. So for this research both SPSS and thematic analysis will be used to analyze the data.

Critical Evaluation of Literature

In his study (Ernst, 2005) stated that among several disadvantage of Homeopathy non reliance in emergency condition is foremost. Although Homeopathy has a large disadvantage most of them are rely on the physician, because physicians are giving the prescriptions to the patients. One can easily define the lacking of Homeopathic doctors. There are not so much institutions where there are arrangements for the physicians to be trained up as accurate professionals. Within such limitation it is not a wise decision for the patients to use Homeopathy treatment for emergency situation (Ernst ,2005). According to (Boon ,2006) homeopathy treatment is very effective for the patient who believe in it but not for them with emergency condition. The intention of this report is not to prove the limitation of Homeopathic treatment. There are many patients who are very much satisfied and believe that Homeopathic treatment will reduce the sickness. A survey was conducted by MedScape Today which shows that 33.8% adults and 42.1% children are very much happy with the treatment of Homeopaths. But most of the respondent shows their bad experience about the treatment of Homeopathic in emergency condition. So it can be said that Homeopathic is not a magic cure. It cant solve all the hard diseases. Homeopathic has some limitations (Ballard ,2000). These are: 1) Some disease that is not curable by Homeopathic. Especially this disease that would need surgery. In this case Homeopathic is not applicable at all. So it is the responsibility of the Homeopathic doctors to prove that they are not against surgery. 2) The disease that is caused by nutritional deficiencies cannot be solved by Homeopathy. There are some other conditions that are occurred by lifestyle of individual. For example exposure of harmful substances may cause the disease. For this diet plan can be a best solution. 3) In case of some disease patient is not respond to the treatment on physician. Though there are symptoms of disease it can be solved by the Homeopathic. Identification of this disease under Homeopathic is very time consuming. So it is another limitation of Homeopathic is its time consumption.

4) As there is lesser chance of diagnosis, it is not possible for the Homeopathic physicians to determine the disease. On the other hand the medicine of Homeopathic is given in relation to the symptoms of the disease. Sometimes the symptom may not be same in all cases. These are the limitations of Homeopathic treatment. If any patient after that takes Homeopathic treatment should be prepared to take whatever happened with this treatment. When Homeopathic treatment is failure to determine the disease, than the patient would go to the medical doctors. In emergencies the rate is higher than any other disease. It is to understand that everything has its boundaries and all diseases cannot be cured by this alternative treatment. So it is the responsibility of patient to be careful and not to waste time by Homeopathic treatment in emergency condition, because emergencies are no curable by Homeopathic. Within such limitation it is not a wise decision for the patients to use Homeopathy treatment for emergency situation (Skepdude ,2009).

In his study (Haustein ,2004) Stated that Homeopathic treatment is a very powerful way of alternative treatment. Homeopathic treatment is popular from very beginning of its invention but it is not effective for all type of disease. All type of diseases is not curable by microdoses of Homeopathic treatment. Cause some disease require surgical operations, other disease require needed certain and faster relief of symptoms, some disease also curable through the change in life styles, and some other patients who never get any positive result from Homeopathic treatment because of unknown reason. But most important thing is that in case of emergency condition it is not possible to wait for a long time period treatment and it is the major limitation of Homeopathic treatment is that of consumption of time (Kerr & Yarborough ,2006). At the very beginning of the century a good number of the leading surgeons of America were Homeopathic physician. Homeopathic treatment was never against modern system of treatment. Homeopathic treatment always recognizes the importance of modern medical profession like other organizations, it because of the lacking of Homeopathic treatment in emergency conditions. Homeopathic treatment always supports surgery as the treatment of emergency condition.

Homeopathic treatment can sometime reduce the requirement of surgery but its a very long term procedure. Here is the lacking of Homeopathic treatment (Braig ,2011).

Limitation of Homeopathic in Emergency

According to (M. ,2008) Homeopathic treatment is not appropriate for some disease or condition which are life threatening as well as known as emergency situation. In this situation Homeopathic treatment is not so much effective enough. Asthma is a very sensitive disease where breathing is damaged at a high rate, other symptoms like meningitis that requires quick antibiotic treatment to avoid the risk of brain damage or death. There are also situations where very fast modern medical treatment is needed to ensure survival. It is not the intention to say that Homeopathic treatment is of no value in these conditions. But Homeopathic treatment can deteriorate the need for modern medical treatment even in these certain situations. As per the study of (Rajendran E.S ,2004) Homeopathic treatment can effectively reduce the danger of Cancer and also able to cure serious infection and many other life threatening disease without the help of antibiotics and modern medical treatment. But it is to say that Homeopathic treatment needs very strict observation to detect the symptoms and need a longer time to obtain the best result. Rajendran also stated that it is not possible all the time, certainly in emergency situations to wait for a longer time and take the medicine. Homeopaths believe that Homeopathic treatment and medicine can be used now days in case of emergencies in connection with the heroic modern medical treatment. Homeopathic treatment has other difficulties with emergencies. This arises when a person continues to take medicine when it is not indicated. These people may experience that this symptoms is produced in overdose. But it is not appropriate for that person to take this medicine at that time. It is very much dangerous to take slow working medicine for a long time period in case sensitive emergencies. It may cause major damage in the body of the patient or may turn into death. So it is a major limitation of Homeopathic treatment is the steadiness. So it is essential to take correct medicine by a patient according to the physician. It is also recommended that not to take Homeopathic treatment longer than one week without the care of professionals.

A case by (Mathie, 2003) about the danger of Homeopathic treatment in case of emergency was first published in an American Journal named the New England Journal of Medicine. According to the case a patient took eight doses of Homeopathic medicine in eight hour as prescribed by a chiropractor. The patient shortly experienced dangerous epigastric pain that was later treated as pancreatitis. So it can say from this that Homeopathic treatment has its bad effect though it was caused by misuse of medicine and overdose. As an alternative medical treatment Homeopathic treatment is very good and effective. In case chronic disease Homeopathic treatment has great success. But the process is too slow which is not effective in emergency case. Homeopaths during the treatment of emergencies take the help of conventional therapy. There are various reasons behind this. First of all by using Homeopathic treatment it is very difficult to detect the problem of the patient. On the other hand because of the steady operation of Homeopathic treatment it is so risky to wait for a long term treatment. Homeopathic treatment is not so effective in case of emergency situation like brain stroke (apoplexy), sudden chest pain (myocardial infarction), unbearable painful condition, coma from brain injury etc. Because faster treatment and detection is necessary is essential here which is not possible by Homeopathic treatment (Prafulla ,2009).

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Focused Group Discussion

Focused group discussion is a structured group interview which is taken from 7 to 10 members who meets specific demographic need. The major facility of focused group discussion is that the interviewer can take better educated decision on the selected topic. In our research focused group discussion is beneficial in analyzing the shortcomings of homeopathic treatment in emergency condition.

Questionnaire Survey
Questionnaire survey is a descriptive and non experimental research method. Survey is basically conducted on the issue that cannot be observed such as opinions on medical service. For this research survey is the best way to conduct research. For this study survey will be conducted on the patients and doctor. Descriptive research The main perspective of descriptive research is that it is a scientific method of observing and describing the behavior of a respondent without influencing in any way (Experiment Resource.com ,2012).

Research Ethics
Research Ethics means the application of moral rules and professional judgment when conducting a research process. It is related to the collection, reporting, analysis and publication of information. Implication of research Ethics In time of collecting information Privacy should be maintained Confidentiality of data should be maintained Before collecting information consent should be taken from the respondent.

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Conclusion
Average lay people believe that homeopathy can be useful in case of emergency condition. Many Homeopaths said that they are not prepared to accept the limitation of Homeopathic. Homeopaths can be limitation but not the Homeopathic. If any, it is the result of not practice Homeopathic for several years. . It is very much dangerous to take slow working medicine for a long time period in case sensitive emergencies. It may cause major damage in the body of the patient or may turn into death. So it is a major limitation of Homeopathic treatment is the steadiness. So it is essential to take correct medicine by a patient according to the physician. The objective of this article is not disgrace the Homeopathy science but to find out he limitation of Homeopathic treatment in case of emergency situation. Among several disadvantage of Homeopathy non reliance in emergency condition is foremost. So it can be said that Homeopathic is not a magic cure. It cant solve all the hard diseases. Homeopathic has some limitations. It is a matter of sorrow that most of the cases with emergency situation Homeopathic treatment are not enough for the patient and in very rare cases the patients are cured from their problem.

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