Have You Done Your Medical Check-up
Written by Bolanle Alebede Monday, 15 August 2011 19:41
Have you checked the number of obituaries in the newspapers lately? There is something odd and sad about the way and manner people continue to die before their time these days, mostly out of ignorance of what to do.
The other day I heard a lady complaining that she won't weep for a dead relative because he killed himself out of his own “over sabi” or what you call overzealousness.
Yours truly got fascinated and wanted to hear more, why would a big man with loads of money, both in local and hard currency willingly kill himself? I asked.
He dug his own grave, the lady, let's call her Monica, said. She now went on to give a long detail of how Mr X because he has so much money to travel all over the world on holidays or business always use the opportunities of such trips to do medical check-up virtually in all the countries he has ever visited.” Finally, they told him the condition of his heart was not good, he was never the same since then until he died”, she concluded.
So, is it bad to know the state of your health I quipped? It is generally believed that Africans are very superstitious. They will rather prefer not to hear the details of a comprehensive medical report and prefer to” let the sleeping dogs lie down not only within the illiterates but even amongst the educated, you will be amazed at some of their reactions to health issues. Everybody has an opinion.
Medical experts say that comprehensive medical check-up is a must for everybody, especially since most of us are under stress daily. From forty years and above people that are working hard or under pressure like those in the corporate world, civil servants, construction workers even market women and men are not excluded. You need it at least once in a year.
For you to live a productive and rewarding life you need to be in good health, available medical statistics also shows that the leading causes of death worldwide are heart diseases, stroke, cancer- to mention a few. About half of all deaths from heart disease and strokes are sudden and unexpected. But they are treatable either with herbs of synthetic drugs when detected early through the process of comprehensive health check-up.
Comprehensive check-up screens each organ closely to detect even the smallest symptom that could be an indication of a major disease. Some checks identify the reason for minor ailments, which are constant irritants; it also serves as a medical record for future references. If prevention is better, then the sooner a disorder is spotted and treated the better the chances of successfully treating it. The best time to go for a comprehensive health check-up according to medical experts is when you feel completely healthy.
Back to Sister Monica, while she continue to rant on how the dead man should have been less fanatical about his health status, two other sisters joined her, they regaled us with stories of their numerous trips out of Nigeria and how such trips affords them opportunity to do check-ups. “The facilities are now in Nigeria” one of them said.
The younger of the two women suddenly looked lost and concerned, what is the matter? The older one asked. “I suspect the last test that I had in Germany was manipulated she said, “they said their mother had breast cancer but I rejected it by the blood of Jesus, I have since refused to do anything, after all I had no pain before I left Nigeria, I had only travelled over there to go and enjoy my holiday's”. Please do another one the older woman pleaded, “It may further prolong your life”.
So do we join the elders in the village who says that “What you don't know cannot kill you” or make sure we know and prevent what can kill through checking up? Most times what is needed is a change in lifestyle, nutrition or exercises to prevent it and all sorts of advice that keeps us going healthier and stronger.
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