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by healthadmin
Preventive healthcare has been an important discussion across the world these days. Earlier, everyone used to visit the doctor only if they were suffering from health issue or feeling sick. Experts now believe that wellness visits to doctors helps improving your life expectancy. Thus, precautionary healthcare is becoming more and more important as change in our lifestyle and environment too.
In good old days, environment, food, lifestyles were different and were great for humans to live a healthy lifestyle. As lifestyle and environmental change have expanded globally, quality of life is getting affected. Some people in society still think that engaging in healthcare activity or doing health check-up without sickness is business of the ultra-rich people but this perception needs to be changed.
Now-a-days it is not easy to live healthy and long without taking proper care of yourself. It is due to environmental issues, pollution, wrong food habits, stress, lifestyle changes etc. Health care is becoming necessity for each and every individual nowadays. It’s necessary to check in advance than curing diseases after they become chronic.
It is a fact that you would always feel that getting frequent medical check-ups will drill a hole in your pocket. Yet, considering the treatment cost, individual stress and stress to family, adverse effect on body, loss of productivity , if we take the greater version into consideration, then we will understand the way these frequent check-ups will save our money in the long run, after all prevention is always better than cure.
Routine check-ups and examination for preventive health include hormone balance, sleep hygiene, diet and weight management, and vitamin levels, vision test. Early testing gives us a jump start on making changes that can improve our quality of life and increase healthy outcomes.
Some tests to be done according to age groups-
Recommended Test for Adult Males and Females (25-50 years):
| Recommended Tests | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure, body weight and body mass index (BMI) | Annually | Annually |
| Serology for HIV | Every year | Every year |
| Radiology | Every year | Every year |
| Visual, Auditory and Oral Health Assessment | Annually | Annually |
| Cardiac Health | Annually | Annually |
| Bone Health Assessment | Annually | Annually |
| Breast Examination – after age of 40 years | – | Every year |
| Gynaecological Examination – pap smear and pelvic examination | – | Every year |
| Complete blood count, Lipid profile, liver function test, renal function test, blood sugar levels, routine examination of urine. | Annually | Annually |
Recommended Tests for Male and Female Adults as per Age (50 years onwards):
| Recommended Tests | 50 – 65 years | 65 years and above |
|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure, Body Weight and Body Mass Index | Annually | Annually |
| Serum Prostate Specific Antigen (in males) | Every 5 years | Every 5 years |
| Cardiac health check – ECG and 2D echocardiography | Annually or as per advise | Annually or as per advise |
| Breast health examination for females – physical examination and mammography | Annually | Annually |
| Bone Health Assessment | Annually | Annually |
| Visual, auditory and oral health assessment | Annually or as per advise | Annually or as per advise |
| Respiratory status analysis | As per advise | As per advise |
| Complete Blood Count, renal function test, liver function test, blood sugar levels, serology for HIV, lipid profile analysis, routine and microscopic examination of urine | Annually or as per advise | Annually or as per advise |
Conclusion:
We need to run a few medical tests each year because a majority of diseases like hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia do not show any signs and symptoms initially. So regular health check-up is much needed.
Regular check-ups with specific tests can vary depending on age, gender, family history, and overall health. Through a preventive health check-up, you realize that you are healthy, which in turn offers peace of mind.
