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I used to have hemorrhoids.
Swollen, painful, bleeding, hemorrhoids.
People make jokes about the condition. That’s okay… but I didn’t find it funny.
The reality was too painful to ever laugh about.
I spent 2 years trying ointments and treatments for the condition. I had two surgeries.
I wanted more than anything for my hemorrhoids to just go away.
Everything I tried ended in disappointment.
Perhaps it’s the same for you. Many hemorrhoids sufferers spend their lives trying to manage this painful, sometimes distressing, occasionally embarrassing problem.
Just over a year ago I stumbled upon something that pretty much turned my world upside down.
Quite by chance, I found out that the causes of hemorrhoids were better understood than I realized.
And that although conventional medicine was struggling to deal with the condition… some other practitioners were getting near-100% clear-up rates.
They were getting these results within days.
At first, I didn’t believe that my hemorrhoids – which I’d had for so long – could be permanently remedied so quickly.
Here’s what happened…
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Is there an ongoing pain or discomfort that a person can suffer that is worse than hemorrhoids?
But I can’t think of what it might be.
I reckon I have a higher than average pain tolerance. I generally take discomfort quite well. I’m no complainer.
But sometimes the pain after a bowel movement hurt so much it made my eyes water.
And getting relief was next to impossible. Creams and ointments can only cope with so much… when the pain was at its worst, even lying down gave me no relief.
I don’t have hemorrhoids anymore. I got rid of them just over two years ago and they’ve never come back.
They’re not going to either.
Which, I realize, is a bold statement. How can I be so sure?
That’s easy. The method I used worked so quickly that it was clearly the cause of my hemorrhoids disappearing. I had stumbled on something that genuinely tackled those horrible things head-on.
After 3 weeks my hemorrhoids had reduced to almost nothing. Before finally disappearing for good.
There’s no accident here. Something that gets results so quickly has to be doing something right.
So when they finally disappeared I just knew they weren’t coming back.
Believe me, I tried everything you’ve ever tried.
And for 2 long years I tried it.
The creams and ointments…. Forget it. It took me a while to realize what was going on here but in the end I got it: ointments are simply addressing the symptoms.
They don’t stop the hemorrhoids coming back the next day.
I tried eating more fiber. It’s not as easy as it might sound. I got tired of salads and forcing myself to eat more vegetables.
I figured that some veggies would be better for my hemorrhoids than others… but I didn’t know which ones it might be. But despite eating everything in sight I didn’t really notice any change in the way I went to the toilet.
And the pain just went on.
I went to hospital for banding. If you’ve not heard of banding it’s a procedure where they tie bands around each hemorrhoid (I’m not kidding you). The resulting lack of blood flow to the hemorrhoid causes it to wither and fall off.
That worked for a while. It left me with a skin tag but that caused no problems. But over the next 4 months the hemorrhoids came back – with a vengeance. They were actually slightly worse than ever.
So then it was THD – transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization. I was told this would be relatively pain-free.
I believed it. I shouldn’t have.
True, I did suffer some complications – all procedures carry risk – but I had a month of pain beyond description. I preferred the hemorrhoids, to be honest.
THD was my last procedure. When the hemorrhoids returned I more or less gave up on a cure.
So I carried on suffering all the frustrations that you’re probably experiencing now
Discomfort going to the toilet.
Real, sometimes searing pain afterward. For hours on end.
Bleeding. Which always worried me because of the risk of infection. I mean, an open wound in an area like that… I think you get what I mean.
Lack of mobility. I couldn’t walk comfortably or bend down at all when my hemorrhoids were at their worst. Trouble was, their worse became more and more frequent…
Hygiene… let’s not go too much into that. But you know and I know how difficult it can be to properly clean oneself when you’re swollen and in pain. There’s not much dignity to be had, that’s for sure.
Itchiness. I was luckier in that regard. But when it did itch, well… it itches like crazy.
Having to plan toilet visits so the pain afterward didn’t coincide with a social or work event. There’s no discomfort like having to smile at people, be physically active in ways you don’t want to be, be alert and attentive while you’re painfully swollen and, possibly, bleeding at the same time…
Finally, that permanent background fear of going to the toilet. Knowing, as I did, that it wasn’t going to be nice afterward.
If it is then I feel for you. I know what you’re going through.
At one point my doctor told me that I would probably have to live with the condition.
His advice? Readjust your idea of what it means to live ‘pain-free’.
In other words, take the level of pain and misery that your hemorrhoids are giving you… and try to regard that as your new ‘normal’.
I think that was one of the genuine low points in my time with hemorrhoids. That was one of the moments in which I wondered if I could really put up with this for the rest of my life.
I can’t claim I did something clever or insightful.
It was no stroke of genius on my part.
In fact, I only got rid of my hemorrhoids by a stroke of luck really.
After more than 2 years of trying out everything that doctors advised me to try… I’d resigned myself to simply managing the pain. Just like my doctor had suggested.
I stopped hoping for a remedy because frankly… I didn’t believe there was one.
But the one thing I did continue to do – now and again – was read some online health forums.
And that’s where I struck gold.
One old forum I used to like had an entire thread devoted to the problems of hemorrhoids.
It felt comforting at times to read other people’s experience of the condition.
Because I found having hemorrhoids is quite isolating. I was embarrassed about it to some extent.
It’s not a pleasant thing to describe. How do you tell a person who has no experience of it what it’s really like?
For some people it’s a funny condition. Amusing, even.
Which is both infuriating and dispiriting.
Anyway, on one of the few occasions I logged in and read people’s comments I saw they were going on about alternative remedies for hemorrhoids.
I’m not really into all this ‘alternative’ stuff.
After all, doctors train for years. If they can’t cure something then, so far as I am concerned (or, more accurately, so far as I used to be concerned) that means it can’t be cured.
I read the thread and, in truth, I was intrigued by what some of the contributors were saying about the underlying causes of hemorrhoids.
In particular a couple of people mentioned an approach to hemorrhoids they had taken that had made a startling difference to their condition.
There was endless conversation over it in the forum but the nub of the matter was this:
Hemorrhoids is caused. It doesn’t just happen. We get it for a reason.
If you can identify actual causes you have a fighting chance of remedying the condition itself.
I realized there and then the creams and hospital treatments I’d tried were tackling symptoms, not causes.
They addressed the hemorrhoids you’ve actually got rather than the condition that’s making them happen in the first place.
And here’s what this means to every single person currently suffering the pain of hemorrhoids:
Standard creams and treatments leave the causes of your hemorrhoids in place.
And if you leave the causes in place guess what? You get the symptoms again.
Swelling. Itching. Bleeding. Pain.
What they were saying in this forum was that, like many physical conditions, hemorrhoids are caused by some of the simplest activities known to man or woman, namely:
Most of us have some pretty unhelpful habits in these two areas. If we also have a susceptibility to hemorrhoids then these bad habits will ensure we get those hemorrhoids.
Now, at first I was both excited and a bit deflated by that news.
For one thing, I don’t want diet advice – I really can’t stand diets. I’ve tried a couple in the past and they really don’t suit me.
And I certainly don’t want an exercise program. All those silly moves and jumping about. It just isn’t me.
Turns out though that it’s not like that at all.
And that added to my underlying sense of excitement.
I was reading in that forum about people who’d had painful, long-lasting hemorrhoids for years… but who were getting rid of them in weeks.
There were two main contributors to the discussion in this forum: a lady who had successfully got rid of her hemorrhoids using this approach.
And a man who had only been using the approach for a couple of weeks. His hemorrhoids had shrunk to almost nothing – they were nearly gone.
The lady told us that although she had lost 7 pounds in a month she had eaten more food than she had ever eaten before.
So no diet then. Which was good news for me.
Anyway, weight-loss is just a happy side effect. Weight-loss isn’t the point of this approach.
There are two really, really bad habits that are strong contributors to hemorrhoids.
If you acquired hemorrhoids due to heavy lifting or through pregnancy then these two bad habits are going to make it very difficult for you to shift them.
If you already are naturally susceptible to hemorrhoids then these two bad habits make it almost certain you’ll get them. And you may well get them really bad.
The first bad habit is around what we eat.
The second bad habit is around how we move.
And we move too little – or we move enough but not in the right way.
Both are very easy to remedy. Much, much easier than I imagined, actually.
To be honest, I like my food and don’t really want to change my eating habits.
But get this: modern medical science has stated this for decades: food is medicine.
(Ancient medicine has known it for centuries – but that’s a different discussion).
In other words, all the different natural foods have their own protective and healing properties.
Food has known and measurable effects on us.
So although we tend to eat for pleasure the truth is we can direct our eating towards specific, well-defined goals.
Like removing hemorrhoids.
Well, the mechanics of hemorrhoids are well-known: they include unhealthy bowel movements, weak blood vessels and severe inflammation.
At the same time, the properties of different foods are also very well-understood: anti-inflammatory, promote very efficient bowel movements, strengthens blood vessels, reduces swelling, relieve pain, and so on.
Food choices are hemorrhoids choices
When you look at the scientifically evidenced health-giving properties of natural foods you end up realizing…
…that there are many foods that seem to have been almost purposely designed to relieve and remove hemorrhoids.
One of the reasons I suffered my hemorrhoids for so long was that I didn’t know which foods they were.
I wonder if that’s the case for you too?
Because it’s all very well endlessly stuffing fiber down your throat – but if more fiber was the answer nobody would have hemorrhoids, would they?
We have to be smarter than that.
Understanding which foods directly affect hemorrhoids means we can take control of the condition and do something about it.
For example, some types of fiber have much, much better anti-hemorrhoids effects than others.
That’s the fiber we want to be eating.
Other foods contain natural astringents and anthocyanins – both these decrease hemorrhoid swelling and so reduce that awful pain. Again, we’d want to make absolutely certain we’re getting these foods in our diet.
Yet other foods specifically combat coagulation and inflammation within the circulatory system – primary causes of the development of swollen, painful blood vessels.
Combining the very best medicinal and curative foods has an unavoidably positive effect on hemorrhoids. You can’t help but get better if you’re eating the range of foods whose effect is to make you better.
It is intelligent to focus on foods that can end this hemorrhoid misery for us. That’s the approach those people in the online forum were taking.
The second habit is to do with movement.
I thought at first that meant ‘exercise’ but it doesn’t. Not in the sense that you and I understand exercise, anyway.
The basic bad habit here is this:
we sit too much and move too little.
Both of these are significant factors in your hemorrhoids pain.
As a typical westerner I spend way too much time sitting.
Sure, I walk here and there – but that’s usually for minutes at a time.
Whereas I sit – on the sofa, at a desk, in my car, on the bus – for hours.
Sitting too long is very bad for hemorrhoids.
(As a side-note: too much sitting – which two-thirds of Americans are guilty of – also raises your risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.)
So we need to move a bit.
But not all movement is equal.
All that weight training stuff… getting all sweaty, straining… doing sit-ups every day… that’s not helping at all.
In fact, certain types of strenuous exercise is shown categorically to make hemorrhoids worse.
Movement that eases the causes of hemorrhoid pain is gentle movement. They’re nurturing.
In fact, you can perform those movements while you’re watching television.
There’s no jumping about. No special equipment.
Perform the right movements and you’re giving your body the healing that it craves.
A lot of this has been known elsewhere for centuries. We just haven’t been making proper use of it.
Now we can. I did. And I’m so so glad that I did…
So these two bad habits around eating the wrong foods and not moving enough (in the right way) are the reason your hemorrhoids continue to have such a miserable – and, possibly, worsening – effect on you.
So address your eating habits and you’ve stopped doing the things that make hemorrhoids possible.
Eat the specific foods that directly tackle the different aspects of hemorrhoids and you’ve taken away hemorrhoids’ ability to exist in the first place.
Perform a couple of gentle movements that help those hemorrhoids fade away.
I maintain these simple but powerful habits to this day. I have not had a single instance of anything even remotely like hemorrhoids for a year.
I honestly don’t expect to experience them ever again.
If you realized you could say ‘goodbye’ forever to hemorrhoids… would you make these basic changes to your daily habits?
Is getting rid of that pain worth it?
Okay, so the key to all of this is, of course: how the heck do we put this all together?
Well, that is a trick question…
Because I already know the answer.
The lady on the chat forum who had successfully got rid of her hemorrhoids – and the gentleman who was in the process of doing the same – happened to both be following the same program.
They told us about the program and how it worked for them.
The program is called the Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol and it has been created, tested and proven by Scott Davis.
It turns out that Scott is a well-regarded alternative health practitioner. He concentrates on the causes of various conditions. He then applies non-drug, non-surgery treatments for those causes.
Scott’s approach to remedying unpleasant but persistent conditions is pretty simple, really.
Successfully tackling the causes of a condition means you’ve successfully got rid of the condition. Which makes sense: without the causes there can be no condition, can there?
His Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol is designed to remedy the specific bad habits around food and movement that directly cause the condition in the first place.
A long story cut short: I was so determined to get shot of my miserable condition that I bought Scott’s Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol that morning.
It’s not like me to be so spontaneous. But these damn things had made my life miserable and if there was a chance of making them disappear I was willing to go for it.
I got rid of these awful hemorrhoids of mine in under a month. They’ve never returned.
I have zero swelling, zero bleeding, zero itching… and absolutely zero pain.
It wasn’t an immediate fix. But it was a quick fix.
It took about 3 weeks for things to clear up. Certainly before a month was out I was pretty much a new – and significantly happier – person.
There are some obvious – and understandable – questions you might have about Scott’s protocol.
What do I do to make it work?
Am I going to have to change my life in order to do this?
I’m time-poor and cash-strapped – is this expensive? Does it take long?
Let me just answer these clearly – and bluntly – and let you decide if it’s for you.
Put simply, the protocol addresses those two bad habits I mentioned:
first, not eating foods that are known to directly reduce and remove the causes of hemorrhoids.
And, second, not moving in ways that, basically, ease and then reduce them.
Scott describes the precise foods that act directly on the weaknesses that cause hemorrhoids.
He treats food as medicine – which is what it really is – and shows you the foods that remedy hemorrhoids.
He turns those foods into easy-to-prepare but very tasty recipes. They’re quick to prepare too – Scott realizes that if they take too much prep time people simply won’t do them.
If you aren’t a natural cook – or your culinary skills are only basic – you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear this.
On a personal note, one thing that I was most happy about was that this isn’t a diet!
So I ate as much as I liked. (But if you’re underweight check with your doctor before starting – some people report some fat-loss with this protocol.)
Also, none of these foods are exotic items that you’ve never heard of.
They’re all available in your local supermarket. Some of them you might not previously have tried but they’re widely available.
And because they’re easy to source they’re not at all expensive. You don’t have to go to specialist outlets to acquire them.
So – easy to find foods, simple ways of turning them into delicious meals, inexpensive and tasty. There are no portion restrictions and you can still eat many of your favorite foods.
You’ll be a happy eater.
But you’ll also be a much smarter eater.
Which is what your hemorrhoids desperately need. And it’s why you’ll start to see improvements in your condition more quickly than you might dare to hope…
Scott’s movement plan centers around exercises that nurture healthy bowels and relieve hemorrhoids’ painful symptoms.
They strengthen the anal muscles and reduce swelling and discomfort. They tackle constipation head-on by stimulating the abdomen.
Although, to be honest, they’re not really exercises as you and I might imagine them.
And given that I’m a bit… lazy… I was delighted to see most involve sitting or, even better, lying down.
In fact, there’s a couple you can do and nobody would even know you’re doing them.
I mostly do my exercises whilst watching TV or listening to music. Actually, that’s how I remember to even do them. The moment I decide to watch something it’s my cue to also quickly do my exercises.
It’s really lovely to be doing these movements with such ease. It’s wonderful, actually.
The simple answer? Not much.
The Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol provides a lot of insightful information that, despite my various inquiries, I’d not heard of.
But Scott does one special thing that, for me, is the key to his whole program actually working.
Instead of dumping lots of interesting and inspiring facts on people – and then leaving us to work out how to apply it – he has created a 3-week, step-by-step plan for us to follow.
I didn’t have to think about how I was going to apply Scott’s knowledge. His Protocol did all my thinking for me and showed me exactly what to do.
So I now shop a little differently.
I still go to the same shops… but I choose slightly different foods for some of my meals.
When I watch TV I don’t just sit there idle anymore. For short periods I do some of the healing movements that helped ease my pain and shrink the swelling.
Doing this ensures not just that the hemorrhoids go. It ensures that they stay gone.
A year after using Scott’s program I can confirm that they have gone, they’ve stayed gone – and I absolutely know they aren’t coming back.
Also – as a bonus – he also describes some really useful ways to get instant relief from hemorrhoid symptoms while the main program is taking effect.
And while my symptoms reduced quickly I did use his instant relief advice for a week or two because, to be honest, I was still experiencing some pain.
But once the program started taking effect the improvement I felt was really, really quick.
I mean, one day I went to the toilet, things were over pretty quickly… and there was no swelling.
And with no swelling there was no pain.
It was sort of… weird at first… like something was missing.
But it was a very nice weird!
Just recollecting that first time when everything worked out still makes me smile, even now…
I’ve talked a lot about my experiences here. What about you?
What would not suffering hemorrhoids mean for you?
If they were gone 3 weeks from now… what would that feel like?
What’s the one thing that would make you most happy about not suffering hemorrhoids any more?
For me, saying goodbye to hemorrhoids meant the end of pain. That was the number one thing for me.
And then no uncomfortable swelling.
No embarrassing difficulties keeping myself clean.
And the other thing… that people who don’t suffer hemorrhoids wouldn’t understand:
Not having to think, plan or worry about the next hemorrhoids attack. And how that attack might affect a social or work event.
Acquiring Scott Davis’ Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol was one of the single best decisions I’ve ever made. I’m so glad I did it.
I do wish I’d done it earlier. I went through some pretty nasty medical procedures – and 2 years of misery.
It simply wasn’t necessary. There was a much better way of tackling it – I just didn’t know what it was.
And it’s the same for you. You don’t have to put up with hemorrhoids either.
They’ve caused you enough suffering. You don’t want this pain anymore.
Which is, I’m guessing, why you’re actually here reading this now. Perhaps you’ve reached that point where enough is more than enough. and you’ve decided today to address the problem once and for all.
Because there’s no risk here. This protocol has now worked for thousands of people.
They once suffered hemorrhoids. And now they don’t.
For them, hemorrhoids is nothing more than a distant memory.
Would you like the same for you?
Results are 100% guaranteed.
Every step in the protocol is based on proven medicine. Scott has drawn together science-based data from hundreds of peer-reviewed studies to create an intelligent remedy for the cause of hemorrhoids.
His program has succeeded for thousands of people. People like me and people like you.
Scott realizes people are worried about committing to the unknown. As sufferers we’ve experienced so many disappointments that it’s only natural that we fear yet another one.
So he completely guarantees the program.
Scott has no doubt it will produce the same results for you as it has for thousands of others.
But so that you’re completely reassured he makes this offer: if you decide at any time within 60 days of purchasing this healing protocol that it isn’t for you then you can get all your money back. No questions asked.
This is going to work for you. It worked for me. There are so many people whose only regret about using Scott’s protocol is… that they didn’t find it sooner.
I’m so glad I got rid of my hemorrhoids so quickly. I wouldn’t wish them on anybody.
I now use the toilet without any worry. I never have painful swelling.
There’s never any blood. Everything is always perfect.
It’s your turn now. Be kind to yourself.
Get Scott’s Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol, follow the laid-out steps… and see why the rest of us swear that it’s the best thing we ever did.
I want to feel good again!
And they don’t have to happen.
They are a problem with specific causes. Cause and effect – it’s a universal law.
The key, then, to permanently ending hemorrhoids pain is to address those identified causes. With the causes removed hemorrhoids simply can’t exist.
It simply doesn’t have to be complicated.
Bad habits cause hemorrhoids. I addressed the bad habits that created my hemorrhoids… and so my hemorrhoids ceased.
It’s really that simple.
One thing I think you know for certain: they won’t go on their own.
But they will go if you make them go.
Scott will show you how to do that. Every single step.
In about 3 weeks I was able to go to the toilet without suffering any swelling. Without pain or bleeding. Without worry.
Just like I used to be able to do.
You want the same. And you can start getting it in about 90 seconds from now. Click below and let’s get this done.
There’s one thing we all know: if we don’t address problems they tend to get worse over time.
There can come a point with hemorrhoids where the problem has become so bad it needs surgery – just for you to function normally.
The after-effects may not be very nice.
Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t let inaction today cause worse things to happen to you tomorrow.
Time is of the essence. Start following the protocol that so many sufferers like me did.
You’ve got a money-back guarantee that it works.
What more do you need to relieve yourself of this misery?
Your hemorrhoids can either get so bad you can barely stand… or get so good you actually no longer have them.
Free of swelling. Easy, pain-free. Happy.
It doesn’t stand still. It gets better or it gets worse.
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Skinstitut Holiday Gift Kits take the stress out of gifting
Toronto, October 31, 2024 – Beauty gifts are at the top of holiday wish lists this year, and Laser Clinics Canada, a leader in advanced beauty treatments and skincare, is taking the pressure out of seasonal shopping. Today, Laser Clincs Canada announces the arrival of its 2024 Holiday Gift Kits, courtesy of Skinstitut, the exclusive skincare line of Laser Clinics Group.
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LONDON (AP) — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die?
It’s wise to draft a will spelling out who inherits your physical assets after you’re gone, but don’t forget to take care of your digital estate too. Friends and family might treasure files and posts you’ve left behind, but they could get lost in digital purgatory after you pass away unless you take some simple steps.
Here’s how you can prepare your digital life for your survivors:
Apple
The iPhone maker lets you nominate a “ legacy contact ” who can access your Apple account’s data after you die. The company says it’s a secure way to give trusted people access to photos, files and messages. To set it up you’ll need an Apple device with a fairly recent operating system — iPhones and iPads need iOS or iPadOS 15.2 and MacBooks needs macOS Monterey 12.1.
For iPhones, go to settings, tap Sign-in & Security and then Legacy Contact. You can name one or more people, and they don’t need an Apple ID or device.
You’ll have to share an access key with your contact. It can be a digital version sent electronically, or you can print a copy or save it as a screenshot or PDF.
Take note that there are some types of files you won’t be able to pass on — including digital rights-protected music, movies and passwords stored in Apple’s password manager. Legacy contacts can only access a deceased user’s account for three years before Apple deletes the account.
Google
Google takes a different approach with its Inactive Account Manager, which allows you to share your data with someone if it notices that you’ve stopped using your account.
When setting it up, you need to decide how long Google should wait — from three to 18 months — before considering your account inactive. Once that time is up, Google can notify up to 10 people.
You can write a message informing them you’ve stopped using the account, and, optionally, include a link to download your data. You can choose what types of data they can access — including emails, photos, calendar entries and YouTube videos.
There’s also an option to automatically delete your account after three months of inactivity, so your contacts will have to download any data before that deadline.
Facebook and Instagram
Some social media platforms can preserve accounts for people who have died so that friends and family can honor their memories.
When users of Facebook or Instagram die, parent company Meta says it can memorialize the account if it gets a “valid request” from a friend or family member. Requests can be submitted through an online form.
The social media company strongly recommends Facebook users add a legacy contact to look after their memorial accounts. Legacy contacts can do things like respond to new friend requests and update pinned posts, but they can’t read private messages or remove or alter previous posts. You can only choose one person, who also has to have a Facebook account.
You can also ask Facebook or Instagram to delete a deceased user’s account if you’re a close family member or an executor. You’ll need to send in documents like a death certificate.
TikTok
The video-sharing platform says that if a user has died, people can submit a request to memorialize the account through the settings menu. Go to the Report a Problem section, then Account and profile, then Manage account, where you can report a deceased user.
Once an account has been memorialized, it will be labeled “Remembering.” No one will be able to log into the account, which prevents anyone from editing the profile or using the account to post new content or send messages.
X
It’s not possible to nominate a legacy contact on Elon Musk’s social media site. But family members or an authorized person can submit a request to deactivate a deceased user’s account.
Passwords
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The Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen children for reading difficulties and dyslexia, calling low literacy a “serious public health concern” that can increase the risk of other problems including anxiety, low self-esteem and behavioural issues, with lifelong consequences.
New guidance issued Wednesday says family doctors, nurses, pediatricians and other medical professionals who care for school-aged kids are in a unique position to help struggling readers access educational and specialty supports, noting that identifying problems early couldhelp kids sooner — when it’s more effective — as well as reveal other possible learning or developmental issues.
The 10 recommendations include regular screening for kids aged four to seven, especially if they belong to groups at higher risk of low literacy, including newcomers to Canada, racialized Canadians and Indigenous Peoples. The society says this can be done in a two-to-three-minute office-based assessment.
Other tips encourage doctors to look for conditions often seen among poor readers such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; to advocate for early literacy training for pediatric and family medicine residents; to liaise with schools on behalf of families seeking help; and to push provincial and territorial education ministries to integrate evidence-based phonics instruction into curriculums, starting in kindergarten.
Dr. Scott McLeod, one of the authors and chair of the society’s mental health and developmental disabilities committee, said a key goal is to catch kids who may be falling through the cracks and to better connect families to resources, including quicker targeted help from schools.
“Collaboration in this area is so key because we need to move away from the silos of: everything educational must exist within the educational portfolio,” McLeod said in an interview from Calgary, where he is a developmental pediatrician at Alberta Children’s Hospital.
“Reading, yes, it’s education, but it’s also health because we know that literacy impacts health. So I think that a statement like this opens the window to say: Yes, parents can come to their health-care provider to get advice, get recommendations, hopefully start a collaboration with school teachers.”
McLeod noted that pediatricians already look for signs of low literacy in young children by way of a commonly used tool known as the Rourke Baby Record, which offers a checklist of key topics, such as nutrition and developmental benchmarks, to cover in a well-child appointment.
But he said questions about reading could be “a standing item” in checkups and he hoped the society’s statement to medical professionals who care for children “enhances their confidence in being a strong advocate for the child” while spurring partnerships with others involved in a child’s life such as teachers and psychologists.
The guidance said pediatricians also play a key role in detecting and monitoring conditions that often coexist with difficulty reading such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, but McLeod noted that getting such specific diagnoses typically involves a referral to a specialist, during which time a child continues to struggle.
He also acknowledged that some schools can be slow to act without a specific diagnosis from a specialist, and even then a child may end up on a wait list for school interventions.
“Evidence-based reading instruction shouldn’t have to wait for some of that access to specialized assessments to occur,” he said.
“My hope is that (by) having an existing statement or document written by the Canadian Paediatric Society … we’re able to skip a few steps or have some of the early interventions present,” he said.
McLeod added that obtaining specific assessments from medical specialists is “definitely beneficial and advantageous” to know where a child is at, “but having that sort of clear, thorough assessment shouldn’t be a barrier to intervention starting.”
McLeod said the society was partly spurred to act by 2022’s “Right to Read Inquiry Report” from the Ontario Human Rights Commission, which made 157 recommendations to address inequities related to reading instruction in that province.
He called the new guidelines “a big reminder” to pediatric providers, family doctors, school teachers and psychologists of the importance of literacy.
“Early identification of reading difficulty can truly change the trajectory of a child’s life.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2024.
