Gentle Reminder

Here is a short list of six Red Flag medical
symptoms that should send you to the
doctor or emergency room immediately...

1. Unexplained Weight Change:

If you're eating the same way, and you have to adjust your belt a few notches tighter, you could have a serious problem. Unexpected weight gain can also be a warning if you have been at the
same weight range for years, and doing nothing different. See a doctor...

2. Slurred Speech, Numbness and/or
Weakness, and Paralysis:

You should recognize this one as a potential stroke. Rush to the emergency room because quick
treatment may save your life as well as prevent brain damage...

3. Black. Tarry Stools:

The food you eat changes stool color, but black, tarry stools could be the sign of cancer or a bleeding ulcer...

4. A Headache with Fever and a Stiff Neck:

You may have bacterial meningitis. Quick test: if you can't put your chin to your chest, you need immediate treatment...

5. A Sudden Severe Headache:

If you're struck, out of the blue, by a headache that's worse that you've ever had before, you may have an aneurysm which is a blood-filled pouch that bulges out from the wall of a brain artery. Get treatment before it breaks. It could save your life...

6. For Women: Post-Menopausal
Vaginal Bleeding:

Bleeding after menopause is a symptom of several conditions including deadly uterine cancer...

For Men: Lump in the Testicle:

A lump could be a sign of cancer and the best thing for men is to do is to regularly check themselves in the shower...

When you seek treatment or consultation, be firm with physicians about testing and ruling out a potentially life-threatening emergency. The one person most likely to be concerned abut whether you live or not is you...