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Body Signs You Should Not Ignore

By Tina RayPublished 4 years ago 6 min read
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Body Signs You Should Not Ignore
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Before anything serious occurs to us, our body gives us signs that we often ignore. You may think that it is natural to feel bloated after you had your dinner, but it is not normal. Our body always gives some subtle signals for health issues that can be seriously severe.

Do you follow your doctor’s orders regularly? Eating proper foods, exercising regularly, and choosing organic will not make you 100% immune to diseases. Getting eight hours of sleep every night (well most of the nights) does not make you completely healthy. Our body will definitely give some subtle signs before any serious health issues affect us.

10 Body Signs You Should Not Ignore

Here, in this article we are enlisting 10 Body Signs You Should Not Ignore. Make sure to contact a doctor immediately if you notice any of these signs more than once.

1. Discomfort On The Chest

Though the movies have shown us that people with a heart attack often fall to the ground clutching their chest. But originally it is not like that. Often people feel discomfort for more than a week in their upper body and chest before a heart attack. They sometimes feel an uncomfortable pressure, a squeezing pain in the center of their chest, or the neck or the left arm for a few minutes. It often goes away and comes back again after sometimes.

If something like this ever happens to you consult a doctor immediately. If you feel anything like this, then notice carefully if the pain persists for more than two minutes or more. Remember that minutes matter the most and taking fast action can save your life.

2. Regular Headache

Well, sometimes we all suffer from little or more headaches. But having regular and continuous headaches for a long time is not normal. Sorting out minor headaches from severe ones is a serious problem. Well if your headache is accompanied by other symptoms like neck stiffness, irregular vision, or eyelid drooping and speech or balance difficulties then immediately call a doctor.

Contact a doctor as soon as possible if you face this headache right after an activity like weightlifting, jogging, coming from the gym, or sex. Notice if your headache worsens with time or if your headache seems to stem from only one eye.

3. You Are Gassy All The Time

Feeling a little bloated after having a heavy lunch is perfectly normal. But do you always feel bloated or gassy after every meal you take? This can be a sign of serious digestive issues. If you feel gassy all the time then it may mean that you have an unidentified food sensitivity or severe food allergy. It can be even possible that you are suffering from irritable bowel syndrome.

Contact a gastroenterologist immediately if this condition persists more than a week. These can be signs that your immune system is being challenged every day and it is exposing inflammation that is not healthy.

4. Shortness Of Breath

Well, breathing can be affected by many things, and most of the causes are not severe and can be treated easily. But if you are facing breathing difficulty almost all the time and it is getting worse day by day then maybe you are suffering from something serious.

If you think that you are suffering from shortness of breath more often then give urgent attention to it. You should also give argent attention to people who are suffering from asthma and on whom the medications are not working.

5. Severe Weight Loss

Well, if you are working out for a long time and eating healthy then you can celebrate weight loss. But when you are not following any specific diet or exercising regularly and still you are losing weight then it is a bit problematic. Go to check if there are any underlying causes or not.

Unexplained weight loss can be a result of many serious problems like cancer, stress, depression, digestive disorder, and depression. It also can be a side effect of some medications. Contact a doctor immediately if you are suffering from unexplained weight loss.

6. Abdominal Pain

Sometimes we all suffer from mild abdominal pains. There are some serious causes such as cancer, stomach ulcer, bowel obstruction, and appendicitis. Some not so serious causes such as constipation., food poisoning, food intolerance, food poisoning, indigestion, and others.

Always remember that how bad your pain does not always depend on the seriousness of your diseases. A stomach infection can cause more serious stomach cramps than even colon cancer.

7. Swelling Of Legs

Well, remember that swelling, tempting, tenderness, and everything related to your lower limb should go to the doctor first. However, remember the causes can be severe or not so urgent. Generally, most times the problem arises in only one leg. Some causes can be an uprising of Uric acid, kidney trouble, poor circulation, and pregnancy.

If the swelling comes with pain then consult a doctor immediately. There are some less severe cases like arthritis, side effects of drugs, heart failure, injury, kidney problems, pregnancy, and poor circulation.

8. Blood In The Faces

We all know, blood coming from places where it shouldn’t be a warning sign. Blood mixed with your stool can occur due to anal fissures, hemorrhoids, stomach ulcers, bowel diseases, and also column rectal or colorectal cancer.

If you notice bright red color with your feces then it means that there is something near the anus. If the feces contain dark red blood then there is some problem higher up in the colon or small bowel. Sometimes a problem in the kidney, prostate problem, or urinary tract.

9. Changes In The Breast

Among women, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer, just behind skin cancer. Most women often ignore the signs of breast cancer. Sometimes a lump, a tumor, a cyst in the breast, near the breast or in the armpit can be a sign of breast carcinoma.

You should always go for mammograms and clinical breast check-ups by professionals immediately if you find any disturbances. Sometimes a nipple discharge can occur or an unusual tenderness or pain occurs in the breast.

10. Severe Depression

Well, one among ten individuals is suffering from social anxiety, depression, and some severe mental problems. Now we often ignore these signs and this condition is left untreated for days. The symptoms of depression include feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and self-loathing, and loss of motivation.

If you think that there is no hope there in your life if death feels like the easiest and quickest option of your life then remember help is just a phone call away. Counselors are there always ready to help you out.

Bottom Line

We always rely on some good night’s sleep, steamy shower, and good old chicken soups when we feel low. But sometimes we feel some more symptoms that we should not ignore and problems for which we do not have remedies. These symptoms can signify some more serious issues underlying.

If you think that you are facing anything like the above-mentioned symptoms then contact a doctor immediately. You should not ignore any of these signs ever as that can cause some serious trouble.

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Tina Ray

Tina is a senior content writer at https://www.zotezo.com/. In short, she makes sure that any content which goes out is EPIC! She is a Health, Fitness, Beauty and Wellness enthusiast which drives her to write content around these.

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