Not for something really simple like a cold or flu, unless the cold or flu persists for over a week or the symptoms change. Bladder infections are an iffy one. I’d say if any illness interferes with your ability to meet your obligations such as housework, paid work or study, then you have a duty to get well as soon as you can, rather than letting the illness linger for lack of treatment. If a home remedy does the trick just as well as medical treatment then I’d say it’s fine.
Matter of prudent judgment, not sin.
Scrupulosity…and im not too sure what it is that is wrong with me, but ive had almost all the symptoms of one thing. The first time it was really bad, but i used a “home remedy” and it eorked well. Now, in a short time its back again. And i was going to try to just let it heal and treat it at home (no medicine) and just let it clear up, but the i thought “oh no but what if this is a sin?” So thenni worried for days and the came here. Is all that ok?!? Is it against forum rules to mention what i have? Jusy to make it more clear… i dont know but i think its a yeast infection…
Most of us are not doctors. It would not be a sin unless it was something serious. For example, I think several days of chest congestion is serious these days because it is very easy to get pneumonia. You should go to the doctor for that.
You need to talk to your priest if you are scrupulous.
Thanks for that last part. That helps a lot.
Go to the doctor. I put off going to the doctor for a bladder infection and it turned into a kidney infection. I knew when I had pain in my side that things were not going in the right direction and I went to the doctor and got on antibiotics. I could have saved myself some pain if I’d gone right away. I was trying home remedies too. Just go to the doctor.
MF forget sin for a moment. Why don’t you want to go to the doctor for an obviously chronic and dehabilitating sickness?