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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Medical Oncology • Internal Medicine • Hematology • Sickle Cell • Benign Hematology
How do you approach management of sickle cell patients who mistrust Western medicine and prefer naturopathic therapies?
While building a trusting patient-physician relationship, what therapies could be discussed that may be aligned with naturopathic medicine? (i.e. L-glutamine?)
Answer from: at Academic Institution
With compassion and understanding, I would explain that the lifespan of patients with SCD in regions with access to Western medicine far exceeds that where the disease is most prevalent. Controlled clinical trials have proven the utility of hydroxyurea to alter beneficially the course of disease and...
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