Reflection of Selection

Only specific and evident symptoms bring about the will to dig deeper into one’s state of health. Without obtaining and gathering every available important detail to provide a clearer, more accurate picture of health, many are left with no treatment for ailments until manifestations are visible. These outdated standards and practices let illnesses take hold rather than halt their development. Many are put through unnecessary suffering for years. Proper diagnosis easily made to identify problems early, with more expensive screening tests are not made available. More extensive screening not only avoids complications; it reduces costs in the long run. Individuals are mostly left to their own demise insofar as applying preventative measures for good health. While many do welcome this responsibility, I suspect that most just don’t have the time, the inclination, or the resources to become too involved. If we are well, we believe that how we feel physically will continue, at least until we become old. For some people, it remains so. For many of us this does change, and sooner than we think. The busy demands of life for many, especially for those without adequate support leaves health to chance. As stress levels become harder to cope with, the physical and emotional distresses experienced, increase the susceptibility of our bodies becoming prime environments for developing illness. This is magnified if our diets are lacking in nutrition. It does require work and awareness to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One is basically going against the wave of simplicity and convenience, when choosing to adopt a healthier way of living. Incentives must be found within, as they are not forthcoming elsewhere. Privileges afforded to only a few, do nothing to instill esteem in following a direction of appreciation and respect with regards to health in the general population. Those that have are able to pay for services to direct and assist them in healthy lifestyles, while those that have-not are left restricted to choose poorly. Consequently, the rate of disease increases as does the cost of healthcare, and the cycle of treating symptoms persists. As links are clearly made between poor health and limited choices, the best we hear announced from the mainstream is that yet another study has been ordered. Monies, especially public monies, spent on such studies is better used to effect real and immediate changes, exactly at the determinant cause for the study.