Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Annual Medical Exams: Prevention is Better Than Cure.

As I do every year, I have just undergone my annual medical exams for 2015. In the process, I went through a battery of tests for prostate, colon, liver and heart cancers. In addition, a sample of my blood was taken for various tests on my blood pressure, cholesterol level, diabetes, cancer and several other ailments.

The objectives of these tests are to prevent, detect and promptly treat possible discovery of a disease or ailment. Incidentally, there are some diseases that are best treated through an early detection and prevention. A lot of women have lost their lives to breast cancer, cervical cancer and related diseases. In the same vein, too many men have died unnecessarily from prostate cancer, colon cancer and some other diseases. All of these deaths could have been prevented through early detection of diseases. And this can only be done merely by undergoing annual or periodical medical examinations.

I am therefore appealing to men and women (especially those in their 40s and above) to act on this issue as a matter of urgency. "A stitch in time saves nine". Make an arrangement to see your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible.Blog_medical

5 comments:

Josh said...

Thanks for this subject. I've always ignored to adhere to the wise counseling and I'll see my doctor ASAP.

Mary Johnson said...

I'm as guilty as everyone else on this issue. It's been awhile since I had my mammogram test.

Anike Adebayo said...

May God continue to bless you sir. You just reminded me to schedule an appointment for my mammogram.

David Simpson said...

I just did mine, I mean my annual physical exams. Thanks for this topic.

Erika said...

Thanks mightily for this great topic. As a nurse, I've seen too many people ignore and pay dearly for missing these tests that you mentioned here.