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bobby-luv · 1 year
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literally21 · 2 months
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Medical racism
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arachnewebs · 4 months
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TW Venting
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I've been sick for over a year, neuropathic pain that doesn't want to go away...Been on all kinds of medication, seen multiple professionals, and had a couple of tests runned. While I'm waiting for more tests to be runned and a diagnosis, my health seems to be more and more on the decline.
High blood pressure and heart rate make my doctor really worry, so even more tests to come. On top of that, my physiotherapist has become worried that I may have diabetes after discussing more symptoms that I've been dealing with. She said she'll inform my doctor immediately so they can run some blood tests.
My boyfriend is now terrified for my health, and he's scared that I'll die. I'm trying my best to reassure him, but there's so much I can say after all the health issues I've been having.
I just don't know what to do anymore. I feel a bit hopeless...
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1introvertedsage · 1 year
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The average doctor does not suspect the large amount of knowledge out of his reach, because it was not in his college lessons. ~Prof. Jos Rodes Buchanan M.D.
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indizombie · 1 year
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Tiffany Petre is the director of The Obesity Collective — the peak body for obesity prevention in Australia. She says the health system has spent too long telling people that "if you're fat, it's your fault". Weight stigma, Ms Petre says, can have a greater impact on people with a disability, who for a range of reasons, already find the health system difficult to access and navigate. And when considering higher rates of obesity in regional and remote areas, Indigenous communities and for people trying to make ends meet, she says it's clear there are other factors at play. "Some of the people who would particularly benefit from treatment to help manage obesity and health may be least able to afford weight management support. Of course, we all have a major role to play in our own health and wellbeing, but we have set people up to fail and then blamed them for it ," she says. No matter your size, eating healthy food, managing stress, getting enough sleep and keeping active by doing something you love are key factors for long-term health, she adds.
‘Have you experienced weight stigma? Body shame and blame highlights a problem in our health system’, ABC
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mairalynn416 · 9 months
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I love how when people discuss winning the lottery they're like "I would buy a house" or "I would travel the world" and I'm just kind of knowing that I'd be able to pay for the 12k it would take to fix half of my teeth. That would be so nice, my insurance doesn't cover root canals or crowns so it's very expensive.
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yodasecexpose · 11 months
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Health System About To Crack In NT — TransparentNT
The bed and breakfast regime operating for some so-called clients in NT hospitals is clogging the system. People who are not actually sick are being given beds in NT hospitals. They feign illness to get a bed for free. The do-gooders in the system are enabling this corruption. Our sources tell us that this is […] Health System About To Crack In NT — TransparentNT
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cheshiregrinz · 3 months
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you dont need to be miserable 24/7 to be disordered or traumatized in case no one’s told you that today
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midnightmothnest · 1 year
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if you can’t eat a whole meal, eat half. you ate, that’s what is important.
if you can’t get out of bed, try and sit up instead of lying down. it’ll be better for your back and your blood pressure.
if you can’t shower or have a bath today, try and brush your teeth and clean your ears. it’ll keep you a little cleaner, and we often forget those areas. 
if you can’t get dressed today, change underwear and use some deoderant. it’ll leave you a little fresher until you have the strength to change fully.
and remember, i’m very proud of you. your best will look different every day, and that’s okay.
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thoughtportal · 1 year
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stop telling people to ‘just move’
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pocketglobalhealth · 1 year
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COVID's Impact on Health Systems
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Grieving, grieving, constantly grieving. I mourn what could have been, what should have been, what will not be, what I cannot save.
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inkskinned · 8 months
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you were raised in comparison.
it wasn't always obvious (well. except for the times that it was), but you internalized it young. you had to eat what you didn't like, other people are going hungry, and you should be grateful. you had to suck it up and walk on the twisted ankle, it wasn't broken, you were just being a baby. you were never actually suffering, people obviously had it worse than you did.
you had a roof over your head - imagine! with the way you behaved, with how you talked back to your parents? you're lucky they didn't kick you out on your ass. they had friends who had to deal with that. hell, you have friends who had to deal with that. and how dare you imply your father isn't there for you - just because he doesn't ever actually talk to you and just because he's completely emotionally checked out of your life doesn't mean you're not fucking lucky. think about your cousins, who don't even get to speak to their dad. so what if yours has a mean streak; is aggressive and rude. at least you have a father to be rude to you.
you really think you're hurting? you were raised in a home! you had access to clean water! you never so much as came close to experiencing a real problem. sure, okay. you have this "mental illness" thing, but teenagers are always depressed, right. it's a phase, you'll move on with your life.
what do you mean you feel burnt out at work. what do you mean you mean you never "formed healthy coping mechanisms?" we raised you better than that. you were supposed to just shoulder through things. to hold yourself to high expectations. "burning out" is for people with real jobs and real stress. burnout is for people who have sick kids and people who have high-paying jobs and people who are actually experiencing something difficult. recently you almost cried because you couldn't find your fucking car keys. you just have lost your sense of gratitude, and honestly, we're kind of hurt. we tell you we love you, isn't that enough? if you want us to stick around, you need to be better about proving it. you need to shut up about how your mental health is ruined.
it could be worse! what if you were actually experiencing executive dysfunction. if you were really actually sick, would you even be able to look at things on the internet about it? you just spend too much time on webMD. you just like to freak yourself out and feel like you belong to something. you just like playing the victim. this is always how you have been - you've always been so fucking dramatic. you have no idea how good you have it - you're too fucking sensitive.
you were like, maybe too good of a kid. unwilling to make a real fuss. and the whole time - the little points, the little validations - they went unnoticed. it isn't that you were looking for love, specifically - more like you'd just wanted any one person to actually listen. that was all you'd really need. you just needed to be witnessed. it wasn't that you couldn't withstand the burden, but you did want to know that anyone was watching. these days, you are so accustomed to the idea of comparison - you don't even think you belong in your own communities. someone always fits better than you do. you're always the outlier. they made these places safe, and then you go in, and you are just not... quite the same way that would actually-fit.
you watch the little white ocean of your numbness lap at your ankles. the tide has been coming in for a while, you need to do something about it. what you want to do is take a nap. what you want to do is develop some kind of time machine - it's not like you want your life to stop, not completely, but it would really nice if you could just get everything to freeze, just for a little while, just until you're finished resting. but at least you're not the worst you've been. at least you have anything. you're so fucking lucky. do you have any concept of the amount of global suffering?
a little ant dies at the side of your kitchen sink. you look at its strange chitinous body and think - if you could just somehow convince yourself it is enough, it will finally be enough and you can be happy. no changes will have to be made. you just need to remember what you could lose. what is still precious to you.
you can't stop staring at the ant. you could be an ant instead of a person, that is how lucky you are. it's just - you didn't know the name of the ant, did you. it's just - ants spend their whole life working, and never complain. never pull the car over to weep.
it's just - when it died, it curled up into a tight little ball.
something kind of uncomfortable: you do that when you sleep.
#writeblr#warm up#my dad was actively doing bad shit to us and we STILL were told we were lucky . and to a point i do think im lucky#i just think also there's somethin to be said about like. how about we stop using comparison to dismiss ppls individual struggles#yes there are people who have no perspective. for the reference tho having perspective actually made me really unwilling to get help#for what was a serious and debilitating mental health issue. bc i thought i didnt DESERVE IT#and i would rather have 600 ppl who aren't THAT bad get help and get heard and get seen#than make any 1 kid. do the math that i did: look at the world that is dying and the people who are hurting and say#''oh. okay. others have it worse. they are probably better people than i am. i am being unreasonable. i cannot ask for help#i am not good. i am taking too much space. i am not worth saving.''#bc our WHOLE lives we are taught a scarcity mindset - that you can 'steal' from someone. so that instead of changing a system that doesn't#actually offer fair support to everyone#we put the impetus on the individual to just... demand less.#and here's something - there are probably ppl who think i DIDNT deserve to get help#bc i DID have it better than other people#and something about that is ... so sickening. bc i think all of us in some way at some point WILL need help.#we were supposed to make communities. we were supposed to offer our hands. we were supposed to raise the barn#instead we said: it could be worse. now handle it yourself
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(I learned this from Hank.)
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Investing in Health Systems Strengthening for Universal Health Coverage through a Primary Health Care-Oriented Approach.
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the necessity of strong health systems for ensuring future global health and economic security. The impacts of the pandemic have been far-reaching, across all countries and sectors: global poverty has increased for the first time in a generation, progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has reversed, and inequality within and between countries has grown – disproportionally burdening emerging economies and disadvantaged populations, where income losses caused by the pandemic revealed and worsened in preexisting economic fragilities. Universal health coverage (UHC) and health security are complementary goals for which accelerated action is urgently needed.  As we look to strengthen health systems in the wake of COVID-19, re-orientation of resources toward primary health care and essential public health functions will be critical for the achievement of UHC and the health-related SDGs. 
Event organized by the Co-chairs of the Group of Friends of UHC and Global Health (Georgia, Japan, Thailand), WHO, UHC2030, IFRC, UN Foundation
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