Health Tip: For most moles/skin lesions, if you keep in mind the ABCDE's of moles, it will help you know whether you have something that needs to be checked out:
Asymmetry
Border Irregularity
Color
Diameter
Evolving
The ABCDE acronym above is what we use to help people determine whether their skin lesion needs to be biopsied, etc. So, basically, the most important thing is you observing the lesions and seeing if they change and keeping an eye on the specifics of it.
I always try to think of practical tips to give you in this blog. More importantly, I try to think of the most common questions I see in primary care, in hopes that these tips will be practical. And well, skin lesions are one of those constant concerns for people, no matter what the age or time in life.
Knowing our own bodies seems to be a very important piece of our overall health. Keeping track of what we eat, what we weigh, our routines, are all pivotal in helping us protect our health. In fact, sometimes it seems each patient is best equipped to care of his/her own health, and healthcare personnel are there to guide you in that journey.
As I consider the changes I am experiencing in my own body, and in life in general, I am struck by the fact that our spiritual health is very similar to our physical health. It seems that protecting our spiritual health, and making choices to stay close to God's plan for us, will help us trust His plan, and to know when something is askew. Like that mole thats changing, being spiritually in tune to where we are in our lives is important each day, to know when, and maybe before problems may arise. One of the ways I think that we can clearly 'stay the course' spiritually is to remember , that as the writer of Hebrews 12 says, we are surrounded by a great cloud of witness- and as we help one another in our spiritual journey, we are staying in tune to our own spiritual health, and protecting our health- in more ways than one.
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