Do you know how to listen to your body?

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According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete mental and physical well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Thus, if a person is normal, has no disease, is not disabled, it is not a healthy person. Therefore, we need to know how to listen and recognize the signs of the body right before the disease to monitor and maintain the best health.

1. Signs of the nervous system

Listen to your body to recognize your body's health signals. Here are the signs of the nervous system:
Dizziness: This is a common sign when the body is tired. At the same time, it is also a warning sign of many other diseases such as dehydration, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, heart failure or due to the use of drugs to treat accompanying diseases such as diuretics, blood pressure drugs. .. It can also be due to blood pressure, dizziness in the morning is called orthostatic hypotension.

Headache : Migraine due to vasomotor disorders, severe headache in cerebral hemorrhage. When you have a sudden or severe headache, headache with fever, rash, stiff neck, convulsions, numbness, weakness, blurred vision, difficulty speaking, trouble swallowing... you should call 911 because this is signs of many dangerous diseases. Loss of vision, loss of control in behavior or speech accompanied by numbness, weakness, sudden blurred or no vision at all, slurred speech, stumbling or falling, there is a risk of stroke or lack of blood to the brain.

2. Changes in the respiratory system

Listening to your body can help you recognize changes in the respiratory system:
Shortness of breath : Shortness of breath is when you feel stuffy, lack of air, rapid breathing at rest or with mild exertion, gasping for breath. wheezing, wheezing... This is an emergency, so when you encounter this situation what you need to do is go to the hospital as soon as possible. Repeated hoarseness: Frequent, persistent hoarseness can be a sign of sore throat, cold or laryngeal cancer.

Cough persists for a long time, repeats often: Prolonged cough, sputum with blood in it, chest pain... especially in people who smoke and drink, is a sign of lung cancer.

3. Signs of gastrointestinal disease

Digestive tract diseases will be diagnosed promptly if you listen to your body:
Swallowing: Choking, difficulty swallowing, difficulty swallowing, feeling stuck in the neck when eating are signs of cancer Stomach. Digestive disorders : Signs of severe diarrhea, lasting more than 2 days or mild diarrhea lasting more than 2 weeks; constipation for more than 2 weeks; bloody stools or black stools like coffee grounds. Feeling full even though you eat very little: This feeling accompanied by symptoms of nausea and vomiting lasting for more than 1 week is a sign of dangerous diseases such as pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, cancer. ovarian cancer, peptic ulcer disease...

4. Abnormalities of the genitourinary system

Painful urination, frequent urination, blood in the urine: Urination, frequency of urination many times a day, painful urination, blood in the urine or difficulty urinating... need to go to the doctor for screening for bladder cancer. Abnormal vaginal bleeding: Bleeding between menstrual cycles, bleeding after sex, after menopause... can be a manifestation of uterine cancer. Nipple discharge or bleeding : Feel an abnormal lump in the breast accompanied by oozing or blood ... can be a warning sign of breast cancer . Sudden severe pain in the groin: In men, it may be because the testicle is twisted, making the testicle not nourished, the pain develops quickly, suddenly, sometimes with swelling. Within the first 4-6 hours, if detected and treated promptly, the disease is likely to be cured, more than 12-24 hours, it is considered to have to remove the entire testicle.

5. Abnormal tumor appearance

Listening to the body helps to recognize the appearance of abnormal tumors
Abnormal moles: Moles suddenly appear and grow quickly, painful, itchy, easy to bleed on impact, small sores on the skin for a long time does not heal ... can be a sign of melanoma, skin cancer Tumor: Tumor appears in the legs, arms, abdominal wall and back. They are round, slightly hard and mobile, which can also be a sign of soft tissue cancer

6. Listen to your body to adjust your lifestyle and activities

A person who wants to have good health needs to have a proper diet, exercise, rest and have a good spirit. You listen to your body and note some of the following points to improve your resistance and increase your body's flexibility

6.1. About the diet

Control your weight at an appropriate level. Should have a monthly and yearly weight monitoring book. Young people should have a varied diet, rich in vitamins, fiber and minerals. Elderly people should limit eating foods rich in fat, fried foods, fried foods, reduced starch, and high fiber foods. It is recommended to increase the intake of fresh, less processed foods, to ensure food hygiene and safety. Limit eating frozen foods, vegetables should be bought and eaten during the day so as not to lose vitamins.

6.2. About movement

You should exercise for at least 30 minutes.

For the average person, if you walk for 30 minutes but just walk slowly, don't go fast, don't exert yourself, don't sweat, you haven't reached this level of exercise. For people with underlying medical conditions, they should not try to exercise, when they feel tired, they should rest. Young people should be active in sports.

6.3. Optimism.

A happy spirit will produce positive energy to protect the health of the body.

6.4. Limit the use of stimulants

You should have a sense of self-protection against risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking beer, alcohol...
Listening to your body is very important, helping to recognize the earliest abnormal signs of body, thereby helping to diagnose and treat appropriately.

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