'Health is wealth’ is a common quote we all grew up knowing. Being healthy is a privilege not everyone have, some people are financially rich but health-wise they are struggling, changing hospitals and consultants and at the long run, they might end up spending all their wealth on the pursuit of sound health. As graceful as God is, most of the poor people are sound in health, a privilege they tend to abuse from time to time.
Medical checkup is a thorough physical examination, which includes a variety of tests depending on the age, sex and health of the individual. You don’t have to be sick before you go for a medical checkup, as they say prevention is better than cure. We are in a world today where our environments are polluted, the air, water and land. Everything we eat always come in a can or polythene package, almost 80% of our food are grown inorganically i.e there is use of synthetics such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides to grow the food crops. With all these factors 'eating' us little by little, are we fit to be called healthy?
Visiting an hospital may sound scary, I know a good number of people who haven’t actually being to an hospital as a patient before, but to keep it that way, we need to checkup our health status on a regular basis as prevention is far more powerful than cure. Some people may have a family history of some genetic disease, yet they still ignore it and never try to prevent themselves from being victims of such disease. As you grow older, your body grows weaker and is more susceptible to microbial invasion.
People atimes will complain about the cost, but believe me no cost is too high to ensure your sound health because when you fall sick, you are definitely going to spend more than you fear. Visit a hospital today in your locality and know your health status, don’t procrastinate because your health is a very important aspect of your life and everyday our body systems are exposed to the exhaust fumes from engines, smokes from industries, leachates contaminating our water bodies e.t.c. With all this pollution around us, we can never be too sure about how healthy we really are.