“If
symptoms persist, seek medical advice.” Although this has always been the
disclaimer accompanying all self described prescriptions for instance
painkillers, stomach complication-relief medication as well as local
antibiotics, many people have taken this short advice with a blind leap.
I
was talking to a friend of mine just the other day and he blatantly disclosed
to me that he has been taking painkillers daily for a month now following
persistent headaches he has been experiencing every evening for the last one
month. You should have seen how my face suddenly turned pale. I felt a cold teaser
thrill run through my feeble spine. I felt sorry for the guy because he is a
low income earner. But wait, I didn’t leave him just like that. I cut him my
piece of advice, “please visit a doctor and have yourself checked.”
Some
serious diseases especially the chronic types start with just mere ‘alerts’. If
by any bad luck these hints are not discovered and properly attended to, the
problem advances. Consider illnesses like asthma, respiratory allergies,
Tuberculosis among other chronic illnesses. Serious respiratory allergies start
with as less serious symptoms like persistent sneezing, un-ending flues among
other signals.
The
worst case of these respiratory allergies and complications is when they
proceed to cause lung inflammations and sores in severe cases. As a matter of
fact, even skin cancers and tumors start with as less signs as pimples on the
skin, then under the skin lumps and eventually serious tumors.
In
just a few words therefore, it is advisable that if one discovers any
persistent health complications, he or she should act fast and seek appropriate
and timely medical attention. With timely medical attention, potentially
serious complications can be easily and successfully averted.
May
you have healthy lives!
Copyright @Paul Musyoka,
2012
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