Having good health is not a promise, it mainly depends on what one does in a lifetime in regards to proper nutrition and care of the body systems. Notwithstanding the predisposed health disorders that one may genetically succumb to, lifestyles and vices/bad habits can greatly influence one’s existence of well versus ill health issues. Vices, that one develops over the course of a lifetime when in regards to ones health, such as addictive behaviors to illegal substances can be highly detrimental to one’s health.
Also, for the organs and systems that work in the body to function properly, one definitely cannot live long portions of a life succumbing to addictive behaviors. Mainly, due to disorders such as CHF, (congestive heart failure) and other cardiovascular disorders, HBP, (high blood pressure), and a host of other disorders. Similarly, a specific organ that can be compromised due to vices is the kidneys. One can damage this organ to the point where it completely loses it capabilities to function properly. Which, can lead to having a life where one has to have the job of the kidneys performed artificially, by machines. this procedure is termed dialysis.
Fortunately, in some cases, one wakes up before the kidneys are totally damaged and through adaptations to nutritional intake and adherence to advice from medical professionals the prognosis does not have to be grim. Conversely, aforementioned complications can cause one to philosophically assess the addictive behavior and the subsequent consequences when faced with having to make a life or death decision that has come as a result of past behaviors. Such a decision had to be made by me, due to my past vices, my kidney function is compromised and upon first discovery, before it ...
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... to think deeper and seek answers that can achieve higher understanding of the world around us. Though, as, one will find stated in many books and readings of philosophy, “be aware that seeking deeper understanding and delving into the depths of more awareness, one may bring forth more questions than answers “.
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Personal responsibility is crucial for maintaining wellness, I find the multi-causation disease model diagram according to McKenzie et al, a clear distinction of the components the three circles in the model represents, the outer circle covers factors such as economics, environment , health care system, water quality, infectious disease outbreaks and air pollution, these are factors out of an individual’s control, followed by the middle circle which covers personality, beliefs and behavioral choices, this can be altered through choices and specific behavior patterns with the potential to impact health, the inner circle is genetic endowment, the DNA that we inherit. I have based my argument on the middle circle as the bridge to wellness. The obvious is, the outer and inner circles comprises of factors beyond our control. Encouragingly, personality, beliefs, and behavioral choices that represent the circle in the middle has the potential to bridge the gap between what we cannot control and the behavior modification that can impact our genetic endowment for better or worse. From this observation coupled with the public health goal to educate and motivate the population and communities to become proactive in their well-being, the focus of this paper is to highlight the personal inherent qualities, the intangibles that can be cultivated to the state of homeostasis.
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