Frequently used medical advice in ROJoson Telemedical Consultation:
Advice on how to respond to initial symptoms:
Every human being feels some symptoms which may suggest some diseases.
The symptoms can occur anytime of the day and any place with no evident or obvious triggers or causes, at least at the first second or first minute it is felt. At its onset, every human being has the right to be alarmed because of possibility of the symptoms being a forerunner of a definite disease, which may be curable or not curable. Only time will tell what will happen in the next seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and even years. Just wait and watch and monitor closely with the hope (which includes prayer), that everything will turn out alright.
The best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms to spontaneously disappear in due time and soon. The next best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms not to be part of a medical condition called disease. The next best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms, if diagnosed already as a medical disease, to be something curable in due time and soon. The next best hope (and prayer), if there is a diagnosed disease already, is for it to be able to be treated easily, with non-invasive procedures, with short downtime, and with the least expense.
Fortunately, majority (as high as 90%) of symptoms felt at the start, at anytime, anyplace are nonspecific and will regress or resolve spontaneously even without medical intervention. Again, one has just have to wait and watch and monitor with the best hope and wish (and prayer).
One should not panic right away and do irrational intervention.
One can be alarmed and anxious but one should not panic. Just wait and hope for the best.
What to do during the wait and hope period?
MONITOR.
Monitor the symptoms.
Monitor to study the symptoms in depth in terms of their detailed characteristics.
Monitor to note the frequency in a day, whether they occur while sleeping (siesta or night sleep), whether they occur during daytime (morning or afternoon) or night time, whether they occur upon waking up, etc.
Monitor their state of development - progression (becoming more severe); steady or no progression; on and off; decreasing in severity; etc.
Monitor for associated or accompanying symptoms.
Good news - if there is no definite pattern to suggest a medical disease, that is, if there are no tell tale or clear cut signs of a known medical disease and if they are on and off and without progression.
Bad news - if there is a definite pattern to suggest a medical disease, that is, if there are tell tale or clear cut signs of a known medical disease and if they are regularly present and worse, if with progression.
If there is a definite pattern to suggest a medical disease or there is doubt, consult a physician right away.
Examples:
A patient complained of "nahihirinan" when drinking water. It occurred only twice one day apart. For the past one month, there is no recurrence of the complaint. Diagnosis: Non-specific nahihirinan (or choking).
A patient complained of right breast pain one month before. It was mild and on-and-off and does not coincide with menstrual period. There are no other associated symptoms on the breast. The right breast has no mass and no abnormality noted at all. Diagnosis: Non-specific right breast pain. There is no pattern for a specific medical disease or condition.
Every human being feels some symptoms which may suggest some diseases. The symptoms can occur anytime of the day and any place with no evident or obvious triggers or causes, at least at the first second or first minute it is felt. At its onset, every human being has the right to be alarmed because of possibility of the symptoms being a forerunner of a definite disease, which may be curable or not curable. Only time will tell what will happen in the next seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and even years. Just wait and watch and monitor closely with the hope (which includes prayer), that everything will turn out alright. The best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms to spontaneously disappear in due time and soon. The next best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms not to be part of a medical condition called disease. The next best hope (and prayer) is for the symptoms, if diagnosed already as a medical disease, to be something curable in due time and soon. The next best hope (and prayer), if there is a diagnosed disease already, is for it to be able to be treated easily, with non-invasive procedures, with short downtime, and with the least expense. Fortunately, majority (as high as 90%) of symptoms felt at the start at anytime anyplace are nonspecific and will regress or resolve spontaneously even without medical intervention. Again, one has just have to wait and watch and monitor with the best hope and wish (and prayer). One should not panic right away and do irrational intervention. One can be alarmed and anxious but one should not panic. Just wait and hope for the best.