Healthy Inspirations
"CLEVER" Steps to Prevent Cancer
Fri, 3 Feb 2023Indonesia Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) data shows that breast cancer has the highest number of new cases in Indonesia (65,858 cases or 16.6% of the total 396,914 cancer cases), followed by cervical cancer, (36,633 cases or 9.2% of all cancer cases).
While the statistics of cancer can be daunting, don't worry #sahabatpramita. Cancer can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle and smart steps.
The symptoms of cancer vary, depending on the type of cancer and the organs affected by the cancer. Common symptoms to look out for are:
- Thickening or lump in any part of the body.
- Pain in certain part of the body.
- Pallor, weakness and fatigue.
- Drastic weight loss.
- Bladder and bowel disorders.
- Chronic cough.
- Recurrent fever.
- Bruising and spontaneous bleeding.
#sahabatpramita, these are what we call “CLEVER” steps to prevent cancer.
C heck your health regularly,
L ive healthier without smoking,
E ncourage physical activity,
V ariety of healthy foods
E njoy quality rest
R educe stress