Symptom pointers for aging males
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I am 67 and male. I am looking for a general guide to the early symptoms of serious illnesses to which most males, living in Britain, who are over 65, may be liable. I am not a hypochondriac. To date medical advisors have not been able to point me to such a guide. Does anyone else know of such documents? I am not looking for general health practice pointers, which are more commonly found.
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mrsmop vincent43462
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This is what the NHS has to say
mrsmop vincent43462
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You should have your eyes tested regularly too.
I have posted a link to the NHS website which is quite comprehensive.
vincent43462
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ptolemy vincent43462
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derek76 ptolemy
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The other problem I noticed myself and phoned the hospital eye clinic for an appointment. It is probably Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAAION) rather than Glaucoma. I am still waiting on more tests.
mrsmop vincent43462
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Some Opticians offer a free eye test anyway.
You could telephone your surgery, or pop in. Ours has all sorts of posters up on the walls and also leaflets that you can take to read.
vincent43462
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derek76 vincent43462
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There are now national screening programmes for colon cancer and abdominal aneurysms for your age group. Google for the bowel cancer screening kit. For the aneurysms you should have automatically been contacted when you reached the age.
If you don't smoke, limit drink and exercise a lot is in your favour.
Good Health.
yollie074 vincent43462
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mrsmop yollie074
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Vincent has already commented that he cannot afford to buy glasses at the moment.
yollie074 mrsmop
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