Furthermore, patients sometimes rationalize their symptoms through inferring everyday causes, rather than linking them to a serious health problem (9).
Smokers attribute respiratory symptoms, even when severe, to everyday causes and not as indicative of ill-health warranting medical attention.
These included reference to symptoms that might be associated with ageing (12) or attributions to lifestyle and everyday causes such as over-eating (9, 12, 21).
Corner at al. reported that smokers attributed their symptoms, even when severe, to everyday causes and not as indicative of ill-health warranting medical attention.
Stimuli that most commonly cause the pain are trivial and everyday causes such as wind gusts, sudden changes in air temperature, bright light, sharp sounds, or delicate touch (e.g., shaving in males).
Another English study had similar findings: most patients recalled having symptoms for many months before seeking help, but these symptoms were not recognised as serious, were attributed to everyday causes, and therefore not acted on.
Straightening your hair everyday causes excessive dryness and damage.
Studies show that reading your bible everyday causes you to grow closer to Christ more than ever.
To the Editor: Thank you for "When Everyday Chemicals Cause Illness," (Practical Traveler, Nov. 6).
WASHINGTON--An expert panel has found no scientific reason to believe that electromagnetic fields from power lines, appliances, and other everyday sources cause cancer or other health effects.
