Wellnes Month Every Month

Prevention and early disease detection are important for your health and wellness. During National Wellness Month and every month, it is important to know about your health maintenance. Chronic disease is medical diagnosis that lasts beyond three months.  Many patients have at least one like arthritis or obesity.  As age increases so does more chronic disease. Preventive healthcare such as routine checkups are necessary to keep wellness while keeping chronic disease stable and/or absent. 

These Patient Handbook blog posts encourage wellness:

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Chronic Disease Month Prevention Health 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Cook Your Way to Good Health! 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Health Literacy Month: Read Health

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Healthy Life Line: Make Medical Test Screen Part of Healthy Routine 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Women's Health Month Wellness 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Men's Health Month Means Checkup Time 

Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide is an excellent book resource to inform you about basic proper physical exams and tests every patient may need. This link http://bit.ly/dpEGyA with Google Books has excerpts from the book.  You can also click on "Find a library" and see bookstores where the title is available.  Patient Handbook to Medical Care is in the Kindle library.  It is free to Kindle Unlimited users.  

Read how to make your healthcare the best. YOU are your most important asset! Your health and care of your health is a primary priority. Best health!

Healthy Life Lines Free on Kindle Unlimited

Live healthy. Live simply healthy.  “Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health” is a book that helps you attain good health and keep it stable.   This short book consists of one line health tips that promote wellness and good health.  These tips will encourage you to live a lifestyle of good health.  “Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health” is free on Kindle Unlimited and available in large print paperback book. 

Check it out! https://amzn.to/2WCH7oM 

Healthy life lines include;

·       Be literate in health.

·       Focus on prevention to avoid intervention.

·       Constantly do things to improve your health

·       Embrace healthy routines.

·       Limit and avoid multitasking.

·       Find funny and laugh daily.

·       Keep a health diary.

·       Know your family medical history.

Best health!

Amazon.com: Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health: 9781095483619: Richardson M.D., J. L.: Books

Community Health: Wildlife Can Be Harmful

Bird flu brought the world's attention to the dangers caused by birds, domestic food producers (chickens) and wild birds (that may be a "protected species").  They are just one of the many animal groups that harbor danger through virus or actual harm like a bite or scratch.  Many especially those with fur or feathers may lead to allergic syndromes.  As communities evolve from forests into land suitable for homes, many in the wildlife community are left homeless and hungry.  This is a good a time as any for some animals to seek a home to have their family, and for food to feed the family.  This is when they are likely to come into your neighborhood for food and shelter.

What is happening in communities as this situation evolves? Home break-ins occur, property is damaged, and oftentimes people get injured.  Diseases like the bird flu are transmitted through their eggs which are eaten by humans.  The swine flu likewise through swine.  Zika virus was via mosquitos.  Neighborhoods now may see many different wildlife species. Racoons, possum, rats, squirrels, bats are just a few.  These animals also carry harmful viruses commonly transmitted in feces. Birds like wild peacocks in Florida are "protected species" meaning they are untouchable.  As the number of males has been increasing this allows for more of them to be born.  They like many wild animals can be hazardous to your health in many ways.

Precautions for communities' citizens may include:

• avoid contact
• check area before going outside
• notify authorities of animals on your property especially if abnormal behavior is present
• stay indoors when animals in yard or nearby property

For more precautions contact local authorities and public health department.  Best health!

Chronic Disease Month Prevention Health

Prevention and early disease detection are important for your health and wellness. During chronic disease month and every month, it is important to know about your health maintenance. Chronic disease is medical diagnosis that lasts beyond three months.  Many patients have at least one like arthritis or obesity.  As age increases so does more chronic disease. Preventive healthcare such as routine checkups are necessary to keep chronic disease stable and absent.

Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide is an excellent book resource to inform you about basic proper physical exams and tests every patient may need. This link http://bit.ly/dpEGyA with Google Books has excerpts from the book.  You can also click on "Find a library" and see bookstores where the title is available.  Patient Handbook to Medical Care is in the Kindle library.  It is free to Kindle Unlimited users.  

Read how to make your healthcare the best. YOU are your most important asset! Your health and care of your health is a primary priority. Best health!

Women's Health Month Checkup

During Women's Health Month it is important to remember preventative health tests you may need done. Ladies, schedule your routine screenings and appointments to include:

1. mammogram/ MRI for breast cancer
2. PAP smear & HPV test for cervical cancer
3. stool check for blood (fecal occult blood test, FOBT) for colorectal cancer
4. cardiology doctor for cardiovascular prevention (get EKG, ECHO, and thallium stress test if indicated)
5. bone density scan to check for osteoporsis
6. counseling for smoking cessation, alcohol/drug dependence, and domestic violence
7. evaluation for depression and other mental disorders if necessary
8. complete physical exam, and routine blood tests.

Be sure to go over all test results with your healthcare provider.  Any abnormal results should be looked into further especially if you have symptoms.  If you are without symptoms, be sure all abnormalities are followed up routinely.

Get in 5 to 10 minutes of exercise a day at least, sleep enough, and eat healthy! Laugh a lot and love a lot! Best health!

by J. L. Richardson, MD, family practice doctor and author of Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide. (Amazon.com: Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide eBook : Richardson M.D., J. L.: Kindle Store)