self-treatment

When conventional medicine fails to offer clear answers, especially for vague or chronic symptoms, people may turn to food as a form of self-treatment.

“If you’re concerned that you have an infection, go see the doctor before any self-treatment, whether it’s using a deodorant or taking over-the-counter meds,” Lincoln says.

But kinder self-treatment is a small way you can start to trust your worth again.

Ziltener agrees that more proof of deliberate self-treatment is required, but she says that the new findings are an intriguing step.

In 19 instances they watched a chimp performing what looked like self-treatment of the wound using an insect as a salve.