Well, Well, Well...

On the occasion of World Health Day today, rethink good health as not just an absence of symptoms but as something to be actively checked, screened, and understood to keep silent diseases at bay

- RISHITA KHANNA

WHAT we often call 'good health' is, at best, a guess based mostly on how we feel. In the absence of discomfort, most people assume their bodies are functioning just fine. But this illusion of wellness can be misleading. Several chronic and lifestyle-related conditions progress silently, without warning signs until the damage is underway. Relying on symptoms as the only indicator of illness, experts warn, is not safe. Today, on World Health Day, experts urge people to rethink this approach to see health not just as the absence of symptoms, but as something to be actively checked, screened, and understood. "Health is often mistaken for the absence of discomfort. If there's no pain, no fatigue, no visible issue, we assume all is well. But this assumption, though comforting, is increasingly being c