“I’m still young and don’t need a physical examination”… Do you think so too?

Why do we need a physical examination? With the improvement of living standards, the incidence of many diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and tumors is getting higher and higher, and the age of onset is gradually getting earlier. Physical examinations are to understand one's own health status and to discover disease clues and health risks at an early stage.

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0 1Benefits of Physical Examination

Understand your body's condition

The World Health Organization once put forward a slogan: "Never die of ignorance." Many people die of ignorance because minor illnesses develop into major illnesses and eventually into incurable diseases. The best way to change ignorance into knowledge is to have a physical examination. Through regular health examinations, you can clearly understand the state of your body: the first state is healthy people, who need to promote health; the second state is sub-healthy people, who have certain pathogenic factors in their bodies and need to manage their health, eliminate potential pathogenic factors, and return to health; the third state is illness, where early diseases or various chronic diseases are discovered and you need to go to the hospital for treatment.

Help identify hidden dangers in the body

The structure of the human body is very complex, including many organs and systems. The functions of each system and organ are different, and the symptoms when they are sick are also different. Generally speaking, when the body organs are diseased, the most common symptoms are dizziness, fatigue, body aches, weight loss, sleepiness, etc. These symptoms are warnings, telling you that the disease is imminent, and you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. However, some diseases have no symptoms in the early stage, and once the symptoms appear, the condition is out of control. These early asymptomatic and latent diseases are the top ten causes of death in human beings, such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc., which are all early asymptomatic and uncontrollable diseases in the late stage. Most of the latent pathogenic factors that are asymptomatic in the early stage, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases that are at the top of the list of the top ten causes of death, can be measured by advanced scientific and technological means and precision instruments in physical examinations, and can be discovered and treated early through the diagnosis of specialists, eliminating major diseases in the bud!

Get alerts and improve your lifestyle

Lifestyle diseases are also chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, stroke, etc. They are very serious diseases. Once they break out, patients will never be able to get rid of them, and their quality of life will plummet. The symptoms of this kind of lifestyle disease are often found in physical examinations. Physical examinations have sounded the alarm for many such patients, and they have begun to pay attention to their own health, attach importance to the prevention and treatment of diseases, and work hard to improve their lifestyle habits.

02How often should you have a physical examination?

Physical examination is actually a very personalized thing. The physical examination of Run Run Shaw Hospital is divided into many types of packages, because everyone's occupation, age, etc. are different, and the required examination items must of course be different. Choose a screening program that suits you, and the physical examination can play the greatest role.

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After the age of 20, check your blood lipids every 5 years to prevent coronary atherosclerosis.

Have an eye exam at least once between the ages of 20 and 29 .

After age 35 , have a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test every 5 years.

After the age of 40 , your physical condition starts to decline, so you should not take physical examinations lightly. From this age, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases begin to become more common. You should check your blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood sugar every six months or a year, and also do color B-ultrasound of the heart and carotid artery.

Women over 45 should have their bone density checked once a year. They should also have a cardiac ultrasound and a mammogram every 1-2 years.

After the age of 50 , cancer is at high risk. A fecal occult blood test should be done once a year to screen for colorectal cancer; a gastrointestinal endoscopy should be done once a year to detect precancerous lesions in time; hearing should be checked every three years; men should also start checking bone density at this time.

After the age of 60 , you should have an eye exam every year or every two years. Cardiovascular patients should have their blood vessel elasticity checked every six months. If your blood pressure is very high, it is recommended that you have a checkup every three months. Annual mental and memory tests are also essential.

Women should have a gynecological health examination every year from the beginning of their sexual life to the age of 65 , including cervical screening, reproductive tract infection examination, pelvic examination, etc.

03Some small details about the physical examination?

Can pregnant women or those who are planning to get pregnant still have a physical examination? If you are planning to get pregnant or are already an expectant mother, you must explain the situation to the doctor before the physical examination. You cannot have X-ray examinations, CT examinations, gynecological examinations, and carbon-13 breath tests .

Does fasting mean that you can’t even drink a sip of water for a physical examination? Items that require fasting include blood biochemistry tests, liver, gallbladder and pancreas B-ultrasound, and digestive system examinations: barium meal fluoroscopy, gastroscopy, and carbon-13 urea breath test . But fasting does not mean that you can’t even drink a sip of water. If you have certain diseases such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease that require you to take medicine in the morning, you can take the medicine with a small amount of warm water before the physical examination; or you can bring the medicine to the physical examination center and take the medicine in time after completing the fasting items to reduce the risk of missing medicine.

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Blood collection time cannot be too late. Physical examination and testing require fasting blood collection between 7:30 and 8:30 in the morning, and no later than 9:00 . If it is too late, the blood sugar value will be distorted even if the patient is still fasting due to the influence of physiological endocrine hormones in the body. Therefore, the examinee should draw blood as early as possible and not miss the time easily.

Do you need to keep every physical examination report? Of course you do! It is not only a summary of your recent physical health, but also a "health record". Everyone's physical condition varies greatly. If there are some "warning signals" in the body, the doctor can use these "health records" to determine the cause and changes of the disease.

How to press to stop bleeding after blood is drawn? The correct way to stop bleeding is to press the blood draw site with the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger to press the bleeding point on the skin surface and the blood vessel wall as a whole. The pressing area should not be too small. At the same time, please note that you can only press to stop bleeding, and do not rub the blood draw site to avoid causing subcutaneous hematoma . The pressing time should be 3 to 5 minutes. The pressing time needs to be relatively longer for older patients or patients with abnormal platelets.

04Which groups of people need additional physical examination items?

For those who have many social events and drink alcohol frequently, it is recommended to do a "full liver function test" during the physical examination. Because many packages currently do not include liver function tests, or only include "one liver function test", some people think that they can rest assured after checking hepatitis antibodies, but in fact, it is more important to detect changes in liver function.

The sedentary army - electronic colonoscopy Modern people work in front of computers, often sitting all day. Weight gain and obesity are the first sins caused by long-term sitting. Sitting for a long time will also weaken intestinal peristalsis, affect intestinal function and digestion and absorption, and intestinal metabolites will be retained in the intestine for a long time, which can induce colon cancer. Obesity is also a risk factor for colon cancer. In addition, bad eating habits often make the intestines suffer, and toxins continue to accumulate in the intestines, posing a potential danger. Experts suggest that electronic colonoscopy is suitable for the "sedentary army" and people with repeated abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea. In addition, it is recommended that people over 40 years old who have direct relatives with colon cancer also undergo this examination.

Fluster, sweating, irritability - thyroid function test In recent years, the incidence of thyroid diseases has been on the rise. If you are prone to panic, sweating, irritability and other symptoms, you can test your thyroid function. Thyroid function tests can provide diagnostic references for hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, etc. In recent years, the incidence of "hypothyroidism" has also been very high, mostly in young and middle-aged women, showing symptoms such as physical fatigue, fear of cold, and mental depression. Young and middle-aged women with these symptoms need to take precautions.

Chronic stomach problems - Helicobacter pylori test Due to high work pressure, overtime is common, and irregular diet, many people suffer from gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, people with bad breath and stomach discomfort are recommended to check for Helicobacter pylori. For people with stomach discomfort, Helicobacter pylori is an independent risk factor with a very high correlation. Many studies have shown that Helicobacter pylori is directly related to gastrointestinal inflammation and tumors. Therefore, it is recommended that people with long-term stomach discomfort should also do Helicobacter pylori testing.

Source: Yunyang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Health Management and Physical Examination Center, Renwei Health, 99 Health Network

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