Re:Why kidney failure led me to found an Health Tech Startup
by mtberatwork on Friday October 08, 2021 @11:19AM
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No, you do NOT need to do frequent blood checks. Find yourself a doctor that you feel comfortable with, do yearly physicals and consult with them for anything in-between. Excessive testing will needlessly lead you into a spiral of health anxiety.
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Re:Why kidney failure led me to found an Health Tech Startup
by blitzar on Friday October 08, 2021 @08:01PM
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Every 3-6 months tested and annual physical. Every physical I have ever had has included bloods - so it seems we agree on that frequency.
Done it for 10 years and 0 spirals of health anxiety, reduced medications and improved health. Annecdotal perhaps, but every person I know that undertakes a similar regime suffers far far less from health anxiety than those that dont. However, the health anxious tend to be sure they have cancer/diabetes/brain tumors based on their google searches but refuse to go to a doctor and get a checkup.