Apr
27
Scientists concerned about DPD Epidemic
Scientists have recently uncovered a new disease that is affecting millions of Americans. It is costing Americans billions of dollars per year. It is one of the leading causes of time away from work and it reeks havoc on a daily basis. It’s called Daily Pooping Disorder (DPD). The FDA has recently approved a Poop Control medication to help treat DPD and we are expecting a vaccine to be released later this year so people can start taking preventative steps in the fight against DPD. Doctors are hopeful that DPD will be under control soon as the public is made aware of the problem with the help of local and national news media.
Unfortunately there is a group of irrational people out there that will argue that daily pooping is normal and that Poop Control medication is dangerous. They try to use scare tactics to convince people that Poop Control medications have been linked to other health problems, but these concerns are clearly overreacting and these concerns are irrational and unscientific.
I said all that to say this…
The other day a patient was sharing with me her dissatisfaction with daughter’s doctor. Her teenage daughter was having some pelvic pain and went to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor proceeded to tell them that they didn’t know what was wrong with her and then in the same breath they recommended that she start taking birth control.
Of course this happens all the time. Doctors are extremely trigger happy when it comes to recommending birth control. It seems to be the cure for every female problem known to man. No one seems to care much about the long term health problems that birth control can cause to women. Birth Control has been linked to cancer, osteoperosis, heart disease, sexual disfunction and that’s the short list.
Ultimately birth control tricks the body into functioning abnormally. One of the big selling points for birth control is that women won’t have to have their period any more or they will have it much less. Now I don’t pretend to know what women go through each month with their cycle. I know enough to know it’s unpleasant. But the bottom line is…it’s normal. The female body was designed to clean itself out each month and when we trick it to stop, we could be causing more harm than good.
Just something to think about.
