Keep an eye on your symptoms

I wanted to explain what I meant by keeping an eye on your symptoms. It has been too often that people who do not have health insurance die a senseless death. If they had gone to see a physician their lives may have been spared. We all know that if you don't have the cash that you will get turned away by physicians the majority of the time. One thing that can help people is to keep track of how many symptoms they have and what they are. It is very important because, many times a major illness can be avoided if the smaller illness is treated. You can start following family remedies or doctors at home or over the counter treatments.

It is important for us all to know that you should discontinue the home treatments after seven days. If the symptoms persist and do not seem to be getting any better it is definitely advisable to see a doctor. In the late 1700's people did not know how to treat simple illnesses. An example of this is the death of George Washington. He died from the Streptococcal virus. The treatment that they used on him to help his illness was the main cause of his death. He was purposely bled because, in theory people of that time period thought that it was a wise decision to cut people and let them bleed out to get rid of the infection in the body. They failed to realize that this left the individual defenseless and weak. Their body could no longer fight the illness and they often died. Keeping an eye on whatever your symptoms may be is very much advised by many physicians. You can avoid making an unnecessary trip to the doctors office but doing so can save your life.