Why is monitoring your health status important?

Answer 1

Mostly people want to live a long life and to be as healthy and functional until the day they die. It doesn't always happen that way. The issue is increasing the odds of that happening so you don't have a lingering death so the key seems to be monitoring, taking responsibility for, your own health. There is no one thing to do but there is an interaction, an interrelationship between various elements to make this happen. Part of it is what not to do like don't smoke, drink excessively, use drugs like meth. inhalants and the like, eat what you like but moderately. another part is to be alert to what your body is telling you. Usually we go about our lives and are hardly aware of our body. We look through our eyes, hear through our ears, walk about and don't worry unless something seem out of the ordinary for us. If we can see quite as clearly or have a ringing in our ears or severe head aches or suddenly develop a limp it's a good idea to find the cause early when whatever the cause can be treated early. Finally, there is the mind-body connection which tells us that our body effects our moods, how we feel and our moods, attitudes, emotions, etc can have an effect on our bodies. You don't need to obsess about this stuff but merely pay attention and listen to what your body may be telling you and be willing to take action.