Onyemachi Daniel Chukwuemeka
"Health is Wealth" is a popular saying which simply implies that a state of health void of sickness is actually wealth in itself. It further means that if you are wealthy and lack good health, you are not better nor happier than a poor man who is healthy. Indeed, the greatest wealth is health.
The reason is: sickness has a way of devouring wealth, depending on what the condition actually is. It is therefore a worthy prayer you must make for yourself and family, that your health will not waste your wealth. There are people who tend to pay less attention to their health, who will later discover they have been careless. They have been careless in going to see a doctor and in running routine medical examinations when they should have done so.
Such routine examinations may include but not limited to: Malaria parasite test, Typhoid test, blood pressure check, fasting blood sugar, blood level (PCV), genotype, blood group, HIV I&II, Hepatitis B &C, other infection tests, Electrocardiography (ECG), routine Abdomino-pelvic ultrasound scan, Pelvic scan, breast scan, prostate scan, eye tests and the like.
Obviously, there are people who do not take their health for granted who do all they can to know their health status so that it doesn't waste their wealth in later times. Permit me to also say that many are just scared to know their status. Some see this exercise as a mere waste of money and time while other persons who consider it worthy of doing, due to their work, have no time to approach a nearby health facility or diagnostic centre to do so. A proverb says: ‘A man who is too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools’.
Worthy of note is that reluctance is another enemy of good health. Reluctance to heed early signs of possible ailment is not only dangerous but also tantamount to postponing evil days. "A stich in time", they say, "saves nine". When you nip an early warning sign of Illness in the bud, you will spend less in getting rid of it, but if you pretend that those signs do not exist, you may have to loose much more in the nearest future, if not life itself. God forbid it!
Health truly is wealth. If your wealth is worth protecting, your health is worth much more. A bad state of health would waste much wealth, if not a life in the end. Safeguard your health first so you can live long enough in sound health to accumulate more wealth and enjoy the gift of life.
Daniel for ODCEY Medical Diagnostics.
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