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When it comes to our health, it’s hard to know what’s best practice. And it’s even harder to put healthy habits INTO practice — especially during summer.
Lucky for you, Reddit useru/setealemtresspasserposed the question, “Doctors and nurses of Reddit: what is an important health tip that nobody follows?” Here are some of the top responses:
1.“Unhealthy things the general public tend to underestimate: Sleep deprivation. Lack of hydration. Sedentary lifestyle.”
– u / kukukele
2.“Dentist here. Floss. Stop drinking soda. Don’t do meth. Those are my three in no particular order.”
3.“Anal to vaginal. Just. Please. Stop. Doing. This.”
– uracil / Yoshi_Yoshisaur
4.“Sugar is not your friend. Make those things a treat, not a daily habit.”
5.“Not necessarily something most people don’t do, but wear your seatbelt! I’ve seen too many people who just casually drive without it because they’re only going for a minute, but anything can happen. It’s right there! It doesn’t hurt; it takes five seconds to put on and it can save your life.
– u / DarthKatnip
6.“Hypertension(high blood pressure) is the silent killer. It plays the long game and will mess you up later on. Get it under control and keep it under control. Check it at home, the drug store, or the doctor’s.”
7.“When you are prescribed antibiotics, take them as prescribed and don’t keep some extra so you can ‘use them next time you’re sick.’ Also, if you are told to follow up on something, you should probably follow up on it… we don’t say to come back for no reason.”
8.“If you comment that you don’t have a primary care doctor, dentist, etc., and I give you a list of ones that take your insurance, or lack thereof, you better have called them if I see you again in the ER. I make note of that stuff in the chart, so I’ll remember.”
– u/_PyramidHead _
9.“While not a doctor or nurse, I was NCOIC of infection control. Wash your hands! Thumbs, top of the hands, all if it. This prevents cross contamination. Squirting Purell doesn’t cut it. That ‘kills 99.99%’ is only in sterile lab conditions.”
10.“Exercise will improve your health. Doesn’t matter how much you do, as long as it is more than zero. Even 20 minutes of walking will make you feel better long term than doing nothing.”
– u / YoungSerious
12.“TAKE YOUR MEDICINE IF IT IS PRESCRIBED TO YOU. I can’t count the number of people I see that have a known issue, have some other thing that pops up, and when I ask if they are taking their medications, they say, ‘Well I didn’t think I needed them, so I stopped.’ I don’t care if you felt fine, if your blood pressure is 200/110 you can go from ‘fine’ to ‘hemorrhaging into my brain’ in a second.”
13.“My biggest one, and I can’t believe I even have to say this anymore: Don’t smoke. Just don’t do it. There are absolutely zero reasons to do it, and even fewer to start if you aren’t smoking already. It’s unbelievable to me that this is still an issue.”
14.“Sleep enough, eat well. Two basic things that definitely most people don’t follow.”
15.“Seeing family and friends often. Relationships are so important for mental health and is sometimes overlooked when life gets busy and stressful.”
16.“Don’t stick objects in places you shouldn’t and/or need help getting removed from.”
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Well! I’m reading and making mental notes and considering my lifestyle, that’s for sure. Comment below what simple health tip you need to be following more closely.
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