Day 5: Cancer Prevention – Make Regular Check-Up Your Watchword

It has been a hectic week for me which affected my time on Steemit. I had wanted to drop this part yesterday, but tiredness took over. Nevertheless, it is good to sit down and write this. I hope you guys are doing great.

Today, we will briefly discuss another method of preventing cancer – REGULAR CHECKUP.

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If you really want to stay off the path of cancer, you need a regular medical checkup. This is an easy way to stay on top of your health. Make it a habit of going for a routine medical checkup to ascertain the state of your health.

Any sign of cancer can be detected early through a medical checkup. Therefore, you can afford not to take advantage of this simple way of preventing cancer.

Challenges You May Face

Economy - Complete medical checkup can lead to early detection which, in turn, increases a patient’s chances of recovery. However, in developing lands, economic situation may prevent a majority of the people from checking themselves up. And those who do may not be doing so regularly.

Ignorance – for some people, doing checkup seems like an exercise in futility. They reason that they are not sick and as such do not need to visit the hospital or health practitioners for a checkup.

Lack of Facilities – When basic equipment needed for conducting the medical checkup on patients are lacking, it becomes difficult to detect cancer symptoms early.

What Can You Do?

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Going for cancer screening is just one of the ways to stay healthy. If you can afford it and you live in developed countries where health facilities with adequate equipment are available, do not hold back from taking advantage of this.

In developing lands where many face challenges, especially inadequate health facilities, you may consider other methods of preventing cancer. Already, I have written on some of them. Check my previous posts to learn more. Remember that health is wealth. We all own it a duty to look after our health as far as cancer is concerned.