Dental consultant calls for regular medical checkup
A member of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Dr. Dike Orji, has called on the public to always go for medical checkup in order to live a healthy life. Speaking during a sensitisation programme on healthy living, organised by the group on Wednesday […]
A member of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Dr. Dike Orji, has called on the public to always go for medical checkup in order to live a healthy life.
Speaking during a sensitisation programme on healthy living, organised by the group on Wednesday at the University of Abuja main campus, the consultant stressed the need for the university community to have routine medical checkup.
He said people should visit health centres periodically for physical examination and laboratory tests even when they are not ill. This, he said would prevent cardiovascular (heart) disease.
He said routine checkup would help to discover any disease and afford such a person the opportunity to get the right health care service.
“At least, check your blood pressure two to four times a month, and your blood sugar also at least once a year. And that is why people who go for regular check up tend to live longer and have healthier lives,’’ he said.
The consultant disabused the minds of those who consider high blood pressure as a disease, saying it could only be one if left unchecked.
According to him, a cardiovascular risk factor is one of the top leading causes of death today in the country and the world at large.
Also speaking, the Dean of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Professor S.A Asala, advised people to adopt the habit of regular moderate exercise, which circulates blood to the body, as well as opens and protects body tissues.
He also said that good nutrition was the key to healthy living, and advised that more fruits and vegetables be consumed.