Recently, Mr. Lang had a bad cough and felt tired. Ms. Lanh advised him to go to the doctor and was surprised to find out that he had tuberculosis.
The doctors asked him to be hospitalized immediately for treatment, to avoid going home and increasing the risk of infecting others. Seeing her husband like that, Ms. Lanh became worried, she quickly took both children to the doctor and luckily they were all fine. Recently, she saw her father-in-law also coughing a lot, she reminded:
- Tomorrow, Dad will spend half a day going to the doctor to see how things are. If there is anything, it will be treated early. Brother Lang has just been diagnosed with tuberculosis, the symptom is also a lot of coughing, so Dad should go get checked to be assured.
Hearing his daughter-in-law say that, he brushed it off:
- There's no need to go. It's just a cough. A few doses of medicine will help. Why go to the doctor? It's a waste of time and money.
- Then go get checked. Health is important, if you are subjective like that, it will not only affect your health but also cost more. The doctor said that tuberculosis is contagious, so family members should be more careful, so you should go get checked for peace of mind. If you are unlucky enough to get it, you can treat it early and avoid spreading it to others, especially children. You have health insurance, so the check-up won't cost much, don't worry.
- There's a lot of work, I'm afraid to take a break...
Mrs. Hoai was picking vegetables in the garden, heard the story of father and son and immediately told her husband:
- I think my daughter-in-law is right. Lately I see you coughing a lot, taking medicine but not getting better, you should take half a day off to go see a doctor for peace of mind. Please let me go with you. Since we have a health insurance card, we can go to the doctor from time to time to check our health status, if there are any problems we can treat them promptly, otherwise if we are subjective and do not go, the disease will get too serious and then even if we have money, we won't be able to save ourselves.
Seeing her husband still hesitant, Mrs. Hoai urged again:
- Have you seen Mr. Ha? He was tired and had trouble sleeping recently, but he was subjective and did not go for a check-up. When he went, the doctor said he had terminal cancer. There are many people in our village who are also subjective and have signs of poor health but do not go for a check-up, so their illness has become so serious. It is harmful to their health, costly, and also makes their family members suffer. Isn't that more miserable?
After listening to his wife, Lang's father nodded and said:
- Okay. Let me arrange my work. Tomorrow morning, you and I will go see a doctor. I'm tired of coughing like this!