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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Self-Management Skills

Alternative Health Care

Alternative health care, also called alternative therapy, complementary therapy, or integrative health care, has become big business over the past decade. These different terms comprise a vast array of therapies including exercise, biofeedback, diet, acupuncture, massage, and herbs. Fully research any alternative health care option and consider the potential impact it may have on a prescribed treatment. Many health care providers have become open to discussing this issue with patients as the number of people using these therapies has increased as well as some of the documented dangers ( Horstman, 1999; Sierpina, 2001).