"Good Health Is The Greatest Wealth"

Seeing every new day with good and sound health is a blessing. Good morning my healthy friends, I trust you are doing great by being intentional about your well being. As I always say that life had no duplicate, therefore your good health is your asset don't always forget that.

It's your girl @tripple-e from Nigeria. I'm glad to participate in this contest, I won't fail to appreciates our friend @mostofajaman for organizing this contest with the topic "good health is the greatest wealth". Indeed it is.

There's a popular Arabian adage that says:

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything."

Let me attempt the hint questions:-

👉How important is good health to you?

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Good health is very important to me, not only me but I believe to everyone else.
Good health is my physical well-being and it fundamental to me performing my daily activities with ease and energy; from my basic tasks like getting dressing, cooking, cleaning etc to my pursuing my career and ambitions. So all these can't be achieved if I don't have good health.

When I am physical healthy, I always experience good mood, I'll be focus and also I would have this resilience to stress. Because physical(good) health is intertwined with mental and emotional well-being of a person. So anytime I'm sick this feeling of anxiety, depression and other health challenges would set in. And I must say it wasn't a good feeling at all.

Good health also make me have a quality life, because when I'm healthy I can live my life to the fullest, because I'll be able to pursue my passions, travel round, build relationships and also contribute my quota to my community. So I wouldn't be able to do these if I were disabled or bedridden.

I am still outlining the importance of good health to me. Good health can make me live a life of fulfilment and purpose; I can pursue my goals, care for my loved ones and also make a positive impacts on the world.

👉How long ago was it when you got sick and how did you feel then?

I am not talking about malaria sickness, I mean sickness that I was hospitalized for weeks, that was way back in 2019, I was diagnosed of appendix and the thing almost erupted according to the doctor so I was booked for an emergency operation, so I was taken into the theater, God helped me it was successful and I came out alive. That was when I really appreciated life more,you can imagine being between life and death, that was what happened to me; because in those days they used to inject someone with anesthesia injection that make you sleep then they would do everything they needed to do without you hearing or feeling it. Then I woke up after some hours. I was not permitted to eat for four days, I could sit up, I couldn't walk, I was passing urine through catheter. They waited until I was able to passed out gas, before I started eating fruits and light food, I didn't even have appetite for anything.
Jez! That wasn't a good experience and I wouldn't even wish it on an enemy. Damn I saw hell.

👉Do you think medicine harms our body more?

My answer is No and Yes. Medicine plays a very vital role in maintaining and improving human health, so their benefits often outweigh the harms it might cause.

Let's see it benefits:-
• Medicines are used for treatment and curing of diseases: can treat a wide range of illnesses ranging from infectious and chronic diseases like; diabetes, high blood pressure

• They are also used to alleviate symptoms like; pains, fever, anxiety and nausea etc.

• Medicines can be used to prevent diseases. Example: vaccine

Let's see it's potential harms:-

• Side effects: All medicines are bound to have its side effects which ranges from mild, temporary,(drowsiness, nausea) to long lasting effects.

• Adverse reaction. Most cases some individuals may experience reaction like allergies.

• Overuse and misuse: overusing and misusing of medication can be very harmful to the human body,and this can bring about drug dependency and consistency in usage. In the case of hard drugs.

Medicines is a very powerful tool, so it should be used responsibly and also be used under the guidance of qualified medical personnels.

👉Some diseases can be treated at home. Which of these do you know?

No doubt that, some diseases can be treated at the comfort of our homes. And they are:-

Cough
Minor cut
Burns
A hand dislocation
Common cold
A minor headache: sleep can cure it
All these have their natural remedies. You can ask me personal if you want to know😜. The question did ask me to explain.