These are the commonly ignored health symptoms that we should ALWAYS check up on

12 percent are suffering from a serious health problem, which could have been prevented had they seen a doctor earlier.

According to medical professionals involved in the study, the most commonly ignored symptoms which should ALWAYS be checked out, are a persistent cough lasting over three weeks (20 percent of Brits have ignored), changes in urinary or bowel movements (19 percent) and persistent headaches and blurring of vision (14 percent). The research also found 11 percent of women have put off seeing a doctor after discovering a lump in their breast, while 9 percent of British men have not seen a doctor after finding a testicular lump. Mirror