Good health is the greatest wealth

Have you ever heard the popular saying that “Health is Wealth”? This word gives a big meaning to our lives, as health is considered the most valuable and precious aspect of every person's life.

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The popular saying “Health is Wealth” simply means that health is the biggest wealth anybody can have. We can achieve anything we want if we are healthy. Having money alone can not be enough, we can make use of our money better if we have good health.

What is good health

Good health is the complete physical, social, mental and spiritual well-being of an individual, it is not only the absence of disease in the body.

As the Spanish Proverb says,

‘A man who is too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools’.

Health is considered the Biggest Wealth in Life, it brings desired happiness, enjoyment and pleasure to the individual. This also implies that a person's health strongly influences a their capability to enjoy the wealth which he/she might have amassed.

The benefits of being healthy include:

• All round well-being.
• Increased chances of living longer.
• Reduced chances of depression.

I was recently down with malaria, malaria is a disease cause by pathogens of the female anopheles mosquito. Once this mosquito bites you it injects the sickness inside you and once it accumulates your body starts to send signals to your body.

In my case it started with headache, I thought it was just a headache due to stress but then it escalated to fever as I started having high body temperature. My taste was also very bitter.
My dad took me to the hospital for diagnosis, the doctor prescribed malaria drugs to me.

I really hate being sick because I lack the ability to enjoy things I would've enjoyed. I can not eat my favorites food as I may end up vomiting them out.
I can't also do other activities because I will confined to my bed most of the time.

No, medicine does not harm the body more. From time immemorial we have always taken medication when sick. As long as the medicine is not abused and taken in the right prescription then it causes the body no harm.
Harm occurs when drugs is abused. Drug abuse is simply taking a drug in a way or amount than it is meant for.

If you take malaria drugs when you don't have malaria, the medicine will not have anything to fight on the body and may harm the body.

Yes some diseases can be treated at home such as common cold, headache, cough, diarrhoea, malaria etc.
But this can be attributed to self-education which is not good. As many diseases have similar symptoms with other diseases and we may be forced to take a drug that is not meant for that disease there end up abusing the drugs.

The best is to go to a health professional and get proper diagnosis.

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