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Aunt Li, a 63-year-old retired middle school Chinese teacher, felt a sore waist for some reason. As a person who loves life, she didn't take it to heart, thinking that it was due to being too tired from doing housework recently. After all, when you are older, you often feel backache. No one could have imagined that this would be the beginning of a nightmare.
The low back pain lasted for about two months, during which Aunt Li occasionally took some paracetamol medication on her own to relieve it. However, the situation has not improved in the slightest, but has become more serious, which has affected daily life. Seeing her health deteriorate, her family finally persuaded her to see a doctor.
At a general hospital in the county, the doctor conducted a comprehensive physical examination for Aunt Li. Then she and her family were notified with a solemn face: Aunt Li has advanced pancreatic cancer! The so-called "low back pain" is not as simple as simple low back pain, which is a symptom of a serious illness. In just two months, the cancer cells have spread and formed multiple metastases.
The doctor gave them a glimmer of hope: if Aunt Li received immediate and aggressive treatment, there might be a glimmer of hope. Hearing the news, Aunt Li and her family inevitably panicked. After careful consideration, they decided not to choose those radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments that may aggravate the pain, but hoped that Aunt Li could spend the rest of her life peacefully.
Two weeks later, Aunt Li passed away. The news of her sudden death was struck by lightning, and her family and friends were shocked and distressed. What's even more suffocating is that when the doctor told her the true condition, she said something like this: "If only I had gone for a check-up and treatment earlier!" ＂
Why is Aunt Li's death so regrettable? It's not just that her life was ruthlessly terminated by the fragility of life. What's more, if she pays attention to the "small" physical signal of low back pain in time, she can detect and treat it in time, and maybe save a precious life.
Looking back on all this, it is difficult to sigh that the body can give us all kinds of warning signs, but we tend to ignore them. Especially for some middle-aged and elderly people, due to age, the body is indeed more prone to some discomfort, so it is easy to ignore the early signs of some diseases as normal phenomena. As everyone knows, any persistent physical abnormality deserves great attention, and you should seek medical attention in time to find out the cause.
For many diseases, early detection and early treatment usually have a high cure rate. However, once it is delayed to an advanced stage, not only the difficulty of treatment will be greatly increased, but also the cost will be increased. Not to mention that like Aunt Li, she has missed the best time for treatment, and the final outcome is regrettable.
Everyone should learn to listen to the signals sent by the body and maintain sensitivity to the abnormality of the body, which is a manifestation of responsibility for their own life. Therefore, when there is persistent discomfort such as low back pain, headache, chest pain, etc., do not wait until the "swelling and pain is unbearable" to seek medical attention, and do not delay the treatment of some minor diseases for too long and delay the treatment of major diseases. If you find any physical abnormalities that bother you, you should arrange for a medical examination as soon as possible to prevent them from occurring.
In addition to respecting one's own body signals, everyone should also develop a good habit of regular and comprehensive physical examinations, especially middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old. Many dangerous diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases often have no obvious symptoms in the early stage, and can only be detected through physical examination. The hospital will arrange various examinations and tests according to your age and physical condition. Therefore, spending a little money and time every year to do a physical examination is actually taking the initiative to understand your physical condition, find and eliminate health hazards in time, and buy a "body insurance" for yourself.
Aunt Li's experience is like a microcosm, sending us a painful warning. Everyone should respect life, be sensitive to abnormal changes in the body, and seek medical attention in time, instead of waiting for the condition to worsen. Life is indeed fragile, but with a little care and attention, it can become indelible.
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