Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 61 views

    Filipino Have A Tendency To Self

    Uploaded by

    Aubrey Recierdo
    Filipinos have a tendency to self-diagnose, self-medicate, and seek alternative therapies like Hilot massage instead of immediate medical care. They also use home remedies from plants which they believe can treat common illnesses, but this prevents early medical treatment and the conditions can worsen. Filipino health beliefs are based on flushing impurities, maintaining balance of heat, and protection from external forces, though Western medicine differs in its premises. As a result, Filipinos often delay seeking professional healthcare and try home remedies first.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Filipino Have A Tendency To Self

    Uploaded by

    Aubrey Recierdo
    61 views1 page
    Filipinos have a tendency to self-diagnose, self-medicate, and seek alternative therapies like Hilot massage instead of immediate medical care. They also use home remedies from plants which they believe can treat common illnesses, but this prevents early medical treatment and the conditions can worsen. Filipino health beliefs are based on flushing impurities, maintaining balance of heat, and protection from external forces, though Western medicine differs in its premises. As a result, Filipinos often delay seeking professional healthcare and try home remedies first.

    Original Title

    Filipino-have-a-tendency-to-self.docx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Filipinos have a tendency to self-diagnose, self-medicate, and seek alternative therapies like Hilot massage instead of immediate medical care. They also use home remedies from plants which they believe can treat common illnesses, but this prevents early medical treatment and the conditions can worsen. Filipino health beliefs are based on flushing impurities, maintaining balance of heat, and protection from external forces, though Western medicine differs in its premises. As a result, Filipinos often delay seeking professional healthcare and try home remedies first.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    61 views1 page

    Filipino Have A Tendency To Self

    Uploaded by

    Aubrey Recierdo
    Filipinos have a tendency to self-diagnose, self-medicate, and seek alternative therapies like Hilot massage instead of immediate medical care. They also use home remedies from plants which they believe can treat common illnesses, but this prevents early medical treatment and the conditions can worsen. Filipino health beliefs are based on flushing impurities, maintaining balance of heat, and protection from external forces, though Western medicine differs in its premises. As a result, Filipinos often delay seeking professional healthcare and try home remedies first.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    Filipino have a tendency to self-diagnose, self-medicate, and seek alternative therapies.

    In rural areas in
    the Philippines, people go for Hilot for relief of pain and aches instead of seeking medical attention. In
    an alternative context, Hilot may refer to a practitioner or the practice of chiropractic manipulation and
    massage for the diagnosis and treatment of musculoligamentous and musculoskeletal ailments.

    Filipino use home remedies in the form of medicinal plants are also popular for Filipinos who believe
    that plants can heal common ailments. The practice of self-healing and self-treatment prevents them
    from getting early formal medical access and interventions. This poses a great concern to most health
    care providers, as Filipinos only seek medical care when their medical condition is already very serious
    or in an advanced stage.

    Three concepts underlie Filipino health beliefs and practices: flushing, heating, and protection. Each
    identifies a basic process used to promote good health. Flushing keeps the body free from debris,
    heating maintains a balanced internal temperature, and protection guards the body from outside
    influences. Although Western and scientific concepts are similar, Filipino theories are founded on
    different premises. Flushing is based on the notion that the body is a container that collects impurities,
    heating means that hot and cold qualities must be balanced in the body, and protection involves
    safeguarding the body’s boundaries from supernatural as well as natural forces. Thus they still seek
    home remedies rather than getting professional health services from a medical doctor. An example is
    the consumption of tea for stomachaches, boiling ginger and drinking water for a sore throat, and
    boiling corn hair and drinking water to promote urination. Although the approach might be benign, it is
    the delay of medical attention that may worsen the medical ailment and miss the optimal treatment
    opportunity.

    Filipinos have a high tolerance to pain. For example, one of the author’s sisters has severe arthritis, yet
    she continues to do housework regardless of her pain. Filipino normally use home remedies such as
    liniments and topical ointments and manage pain before seeking medical care or while under medical
    treatment.

    The belief in the bahala na attitude predominates pain management, especially for first-generation
    Filipino. They value the opinion of elder family members regarding their condition or the opinion of a
    trusted friend before seeking medical attention. The elderly is also secretive of their ailments and the
    types of home remedies used to control their conditions. Such secrecy poses greater risks of herbal or
    medicinal interactions.

    Filipino women, especially the first generation, are usually very reserved in terms of subjecting
    themselves to medical testing related to female body parts. Some deeply religious women may consider
    touching their breasts to be a sin. Other traditional women may consider self-examination a violation of
    respect for their body. For these types of examinations, a female provider is usually preferred, although
    a male physician who communicates sensitivity, respect, and gentleness would be acceptable. In
    recognition of the heightened sense of modesty on the part of Filipinos, health care providers should ask
    permission before examinations and avoid rushing through. Explanation should be offered before,
    during, and after procedures.

    Ordonez R.V., Gandeza,N. (2016) Integrating Traditional Beliefs and Modern Medicine: Filipino Nurses’
    Health Beliefs, Behaviors, and Practice. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
    doi=10.1.1.829.9397&rep=rep1&type=pdf

    You might also like