I Cant' Expect More Filipinos to Do Proactive Healthcare under the Filipino First Policy
Presidential Communications Office Yes, it's almost Christmas, and I expect Filipinos to ignore their health . It's easy to get caught with the symptoms, right? I wrote a Throwback Thursday post where I discussed the wrongness of the slogan, " An apple a day keeps the doctor away. " This has resulted in the reactive healthcare side, where people avoid seeing the doctor. In the case of the dentist, I remember growing up with the threat of the dentist, such as, "If you eat too many sweets, we will have to go to the dentist." The result was that the dentist and the doctor aren't seen as friends but as boogeymen. Midland Sports Rehab In fact, proactive healthcare is something I'm switching to right now. I had a visit with a cardiologist who put me on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). It was discovered that I had asymptomatic hypertension . The doctor said, "We shall not wait until you come here holding your chest." In fact,...