To be sincere, I have been a candidate of negligence when it comes to my personal health checks. As much as I don't play with my children's health care, it's a totally different thing when it comes to my personal health checks. Perhaps I feel like, oh, I am an adult; I can take care of myself by visiting a pharmacy store if I feel any symptoms. After all, it shouldn't pass malaria or typhoid, as it's one common illness in this part of my world.
Most of us in Africa are actually victims of assuming that every illness is malaria or typhoid, and that's why you will find a lot of people self-medicating, and of course it doesn't always end well.
Being intentional about my health was one of the gifts I promised myself at the beginning of this year. This is because I have played so much with my health, especially in the past year, acting too busy to do some diagnosis but rather visiting a pharmacy store and kept acting like a self-doctor. I did experience the negative effects of my actions concerning my health anyway, and that's why I promised myself to improve for better well-being and for better productivity as well.
I can say that this prompt is a big coincidence, as I am currently typing from the hospital waiting for my turn to see the gynecologist. Two weeks ago, I started feeling this unusual pain in my abdomen. It was severe to the point that I was literally crying once the pain starts. Even if I am in a call with someone and the pain starts, I wouldn't be able to talk again. Unlike me, who would have run to the pharmacy to buy pain relievers or all these stomach upset drugs, I quickly went to a nearby hospital and registered there for a proper diagnosis by the doctor.After a series of questions from the gynecologist, she sent me for a scan in order to clarify her assumptions. The cost of doing the scan she requested was unbelievably higher than what I knew before, maybe because of the lab center she sent me to being far away from the hospital with a high standard, I don't know, but I didn't bother... I was determined to be fine at all costs because I was losing it already. I couldn't take care of my children; I couldn't do any chores at home or even do my work at ease.
After the scan result was out and it showed the particular thing that went wrong in my body system, treatment commenced immediately, and before the evening of that day, I felt so much relieved from every discomfort I had. I was just thinking, what if I didn't make this trip to find out the real source of the severe pain? Maybe the illness would have escalated when it shouldn't have if handled rightly by the health professionals.
The positive aspect of this whole experience is that I now have a positive shift in my mindset when it comes to things relating to my health. I really don't know when next I will visit the hospital after I leave from the hospital today, but the decision is that once I notice anything unusual, I take a trip to the hospital for a better diagnosis and proper treatment and for a more healthy living.
This post is in response to the #HiveLearners community contest on the topic titled, Health Check.
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Self care is a daily thing but self diagnosis should be only to rule out small things. It is good that you went to the hospital because abdominal pain is a big thing. Good to hear that the discomfort was gone after the hospital visit. All the best wishes.
Indeed momo, it's a daily activity to take care of ourselves but when there's a need for diagnosis, it becomes important to do it and be alright
Thanks for your warm feedback
I am really sorry to hear about the pain you had been through, sister. Hlad to know that your health is improved.
We, the mothers and house wives, often neglect our8 health unknowing that our health is the most important thing that is needed to run our homes diligently.
Wishing you a healthy life, !LADY
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Yea...the health negligence in the part of the mothers are there, however it should be among top priority inorder for us to be able to run our home.
Thanks for your feedback sis 🥰
Yeah, we need to learn to care for ourselves
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This African mentality about medical checkup ha come to stay and you are not alone. On my side, I can proudly tell that I have visited the hospital for personal reason over two decades now. Isn't that laughable?
We think that when an ailment is detected on a person, he or she begin to die that very moment. Also that whatever you don't know cannot kill you.
Hehehe 😃, Two decades? Maybe you have so much of high immunity ..lol
Our mentality towards illness is just weird bro
It's an African thing and it's not ending anytime me soon.
Good thing to check on our health whenever we have any uncommon symptoms in our to prevent hard I know
No doubt about that...it's a necessity
Hmmmm! I can relate with such pains that you are going through. So sorry dear. I pray that God will use the doctors there to take that away from you. AMEN 🙏.
For me this week prompt is an awakening call for me, because I hardly go to see a doctor probably because I don't always get sick. But I guess this is the right time to do the right thing.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks Ada...you guys who hardly get sick are lucky oo.. however no symptoms should be left unattended
You took the right actions, health is wealth. Same to me I have decided to take extra good care of myself from this year unlike others years, no matter what is happening to me, I do ignore them...
Please do... enough of ignoring little things about our health
Thank you, I appreciate.
Thanks so much for the curation ❤️
You know it is also believed that every mother is a doctor because we have a way of relating to the formal synthoms which may be a wrong assumption.
Am happy you took that bold step to run a proper check on your system,
Imagine taking arthemeter and lumefantrine for this😂😂😂.
This idea that everything that's doing us is malaria has to stop ooo. Let one not go and misdiagnose themselves.
I'm glad you're feeling better now! That's really good to hear!😇