00:09You can have high blood pressure, you can have diabetes, you can even have early stages of
00:16cancer and feel completely fine. That's what makes them so dangerous. Tonight on Housecall,
00:23we're discussing why waiting until you feel sick is not the safest way to manage your health. We
00:29tend to link illness to symptoms, pain, fever, fatigue, feeling off. When we feel completely
00:37fine, we assume there's nothing to check. But many conditions develop silently over years before
00:45they'd ever cause a symptom that you'd notice. High blood pressure is the clearest example. You
00:52can have elevated blood pressure and feel completely normal, while it's silently damaging your heart,
00:59your brain, and even your kidneys. Type 2 diabetes works the same way. It develops gradually. Many
01:07people are living with pre-diabetes or diabetes without realizing it. This is exactly why screening
01:14matters, especially if you have risk factors such as a family history or increased weight. And some
01:21cancers produce few to no symptoms in their early stages. That's why risk and age appropriate
01:28cancer screening exists. Breast, colorectal, and cervical, catching it early before it announces itself.
01:36There's a real behavioral reason you put this off. If you don't feel at risk, you don't act. You tell
01:43yourself, I feel fine. I'm young. It doesn't run in my family. I'll deal with it if something is wrong.
01:50But preventative healthcare only works if you do the opposite of that.
01:55Know your blood pressure, know your blood sugar, and know your cholesterol. Stay current on screenings
02:01appropriate for your risk and age. And have a conversation with your healthcare provider
02:06about prevention, not just treatment. Because sometimes the goal of seeing a doctor is not just
02:14to find out why you're sick, but to keep you well. It's Dr. Mariana Brown for TV6 House Court.
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