Monday, January 25, 2010

Women must do 10 health examination

Women are always thinking about how to take good care of the first family's health, but rarely do a health check for their own plan. What hinders a woman to do health checks? In addition to their self-sacrifice, there are a large part because of confusion on the health check.
Health check, even healthy women also need regular inspection, and as age increased, the screening program will gradually increase. Perhaps many people each year see a gynecologist, but they never thought to do a cholesterol test or a bone density test. For some disease, early screening will be able to advance the prevention, early detection can help to treat.



Please note: following the 10 checks, is what you should do 10 of the most important examination.

1. Bone mineral density examination

Why do we need it?

Check you are not likely to suffer from osteoporosis. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation survey, the United States nearly 10 million elderly people are living with the disease, of which 80% are women.

When to check?

6 ~ 7 years after menopause, women will lose up to 30% of the bone. If you gain weight after menopause, less than 57 kilograms, or previous smoking, or an adult had a non-traumatic fractures, or have a family history, then we must do bone density examination.

Check what to do?

DXA screening is the most accurate bone-density checks, but also very safe. You are fully clothed in bed, X-ray swept of your spine, hip and wrist. If your bone density is low, the doctor will recommend you to do a urine test to test the speed of your bone loss. About a year to do an inspection.

Test results mean?

If your urine test shows that you suffer from osteoporosis, the doctor will suggest that you have to intake of at least 1000 mg per day of calcium and 400 ~ 800Ius of vitamin D, would suggest that you regularly do exercise. If you suffer from osteoporosis, the doctor may make you eat some of Clofibrate good or Fosamax.

2. Clinical breast examination and breast X light

Why do we need it?

Breast examination, these two checks can detect whether or suffering from breast cancer. After this examination of women have at least 97% of people do not relapse within 5 years.

When to check?

From you to begin checking the age of 20, in a routine check when the doctor should check your breasts by hand. To 40 years old, you should do a breast X light each year. After the end of menstruation, when breasts are doing the hard X-ray examination of the best time.

Check what to do?

Breast X-ray examination is a regular X-ray examination. If you have done breast X-ray examination, and now with the new equipment to do, then the doctor must let your previous photos and compare now.

Test results mean?

If the examination showed that some of your breasts is not normal, such as a small lump, the doctor may make you do a breast ultrasound or breast MRI. These checks can find out whether the lump is hard lump in order to determine whether they are necessary to do a biopsy.

3. Colonoscopy

Why do we need it?

Check the colon before symptoms appear to prevent colon cancer. In the early stage of colon cancer, 90% are curable.

When to check?

Doctors recommended that the age of 50, when the first colonoscopy done. If your family had before the age of 50 suffering from colon cancer or colon polyps, your risk is even higher, it should be inspected at least every five years. If you do not find time to check any problems, but you do not have a family history, then you can check once every 10 years.

Check what to do?

Colonoscopy is a very standard diagnostic tests, doctors used a colonoscope - a small camera with a tool to check whether your intestinal polyps or other growths.

Test results mean?

If you find a polyp, polyps will be removed and be biopsy. Based on the results of different, you may do a surgery or in the next three years or five years, do an inspection.

4. Listening Test

Why do we need it?

See if you are not some degree of hearing loss. If so, hurry to take measures to prevent the situation has deteriorated.

When to check?

If you listen to other people's speech difficulties, or the ears are always buzzing sound, or a family history, some deaf, then you must go to the hospital for hearing tests. Otosclerosis, genetic disorders can cause abnormal growth of the middle ear bones, more pronounced in women than in men, especially in women during pregnancy as well as 15 to 30-year-old is more common in women.

Check what to do?

Hearing doctor or ENT doctor so that you listen to the sound, we will ask you to wear headphones to check you have the ability to distinguish between different tones.

Test results mean?

If you are hearing tests are normal, then every 2 to 5 years after the need to do a track inspection. If the test shows that you have a very serious hearing loss, you hear a normal voice on the very difficult, you may need a hearing aid has.

5. A comprehensive eye examination

Why do we need it?

Would like to know if suffering from any eye diseases, such as visual conversion, cataracts or glaucoma, we must make a comprehensive eye examination. A high cure rate of glaucoma. Decreased vision caused by glaucoma If it is found early and treated properly, cure is not difficult.

When to check?

Even if your vision good, should also be the basis of the age of 40 when an eye examination, later inspected once every 2 years until the age of 65. After the 65-year-old to annual inspections. If you have a family history of glaucoma or other risk factors, then before the age of 40 must be check. If you are wearing a contact lens, it should be annual inspections.

Check what to do?

Ophthalmologist will check the intraocular pressure. Elevation of intraocular pressure may be a sign of glaucoma. Check to see if the optic nerve with brain tumors; check the cornea and iris of view there is no problem; look at the lens to determine whether suffering from cataract; check to see if there is no macular retinal degeneration - a deterioration of retinal cells.

Test results mean?

If your eyesight is poor, the doctor may recommend you wear glasses or contact lenses. If you have signs of glaucoma, treatment is usually started from the beginning eye drops, if the does not work, then laser treatment and surgery. Vitamins and laser treatment will delay the speed of macular degeneration.

6. Dental check-up

Why do we need it?

According to the American Dental Association survey, the check is in order to prevent oral cancer - the most common of American adults, one of the six cancers, and can prevent gum disease, treatment of dental caries.

When to check?

Appears in the primary teeth should begin six months after the dental cleaning and inspection, after a half-yearly. If you are pregnant, or are taking birth control pills, are more likely to suffer from gingivitis. Smokers or to drink 1 to 2 times per day or more are suffering from gum disease and greater risk of oral cancer.

Check what to do?

Dentist will carefully examine your teeth, tongue, oral soft tissue and hard tissue, neck, chin, take a look at the site of oral tissue there any abnormal changes.

Test results mean?

If you have gum disease, dentists suggest that you at least twice a teeth cleaning. You may also need to do clean plaque and tartar. If there is abnormal tissue growth, dentists might be doing a biopsy.

7. Heart Health Check

Why do we need it?

To ensure that you do not suffer from the risk of heart disease - but the number one killer of women's health. 64% of women die from sudden heart attack, without any previous symptoms.

When to check?

20-year-old heart began to once a year inspection. Especially if you have a family history of hypertension and congenital heart disease, if you are 45 years of age, if you are overweight, if you smoke, this screening is particularly important.

Check what to do?

Doctor will check your blood pressure, listen to your heart beat sound. If you have had chest pain, shortness of breath, easy fatigue, the doctor will ask you to see a cardiologist, do blood pressure checks and electrocardiogram, to help determine whether the heart health and the future will suffer from heart disease.

Test results mean?

If your doctor diagnosed irregular heartbeat or palpitations if you have faults, it may indicate the frequency of your heartbeat is not normal, the need for medical treatment. If the blood pressure is higher than 130/90mmhg, you may be suffering from high blood pressure.

8. Lipids analysis

Why do we need it?

Prevention of heart disease, one of the most effective way is to check cholesterol levels. Elevated cholesterol levels will not only increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, but also increase the risk of gallbladder disease.

When to check?

The inspection is best started from the age of 20. If the test results are normal, then after checking at least once every five years until age 45. If you have a family history of heart disease, if your cholesterol level is higher than 200, then you need to do a blood lipid analysis of a year.

Check what to do?

A comprehensive lipoprotein analysis will detect your blood levels of total cholesterol, and triglycerides. If you have a risk of heart disease,

Your doctor may check your apolipoprotein B (apoB) levels.

Test results mean?

If your total cholesterol levels above 200, doctors will suggest you change your diet, more exercise to improve cholesterol levels. If you have other risk factors, the doctor may recommend that you eat cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.

9. Lumps Check

Why do we need it?

As soon as possible to find skin cancer. Melanoma is a fatal malignant tumors in 30-year-old woman in the second most common type of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the frequency is very high, but if found early, the possibility of a cure nearly 100%.

When to check?

30 years old you should start to do an annual skin examination. If you have a great risk, if you already suffer from basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, if you have a family history of skin cancer, if you have a lot of mass, if you have freckles, then the future you want to check twice a year.

Check what to do?

Dermatologist doctor will check your body, including the scalp, ears, the skin between the toes, checking freckles, lumps and skin growth status. The doctor will check for any large lumps or abnormal mass, or even a digital image scanning, this can provide mass close images in order to compare the future.

Test results mean?

Doctors may be taken of any suspicious lumps a number of tissue samples and sent them to laboratories for testing. According to test results, in order to later treatment, tumor tissue around it may be removed.

10. Cervix TCT Check

Why do we need it?

This is the early detection of cervical cancer really means to be able to timely and effective treatment. In the past 50 years, this disease mortality has declined by 74%, mainly due to cervical smears.

When to go check?

At least the age of 21 begin to carry out this check, if you have more than one long nipples, and suffering from malignant human papilloma virus, is necessary to carry out a check every other year. If you smoke or have multiple sexual partners or sexual relations for the first time very young, or suffering from sexually transmitted diseases, should be conducted once a year cervical smears. If you are over 30 years of age, please check a doctor do for you HPV.

Check what to do?

Thin smear using a computer, it is to use a brush to take samples and to cells stored in liquid. Such inspection than conventional cervical smear tests more effective.

Test results mean?

If you have cervical smear tests shows that you have abnormal cervical cells, your doctor may let you do an HPV inspection. If the test of H PV positive, then you may need to do a colposcopy. If the colposcopy shows you the situation is not normal, you may need to do a cervical biopsy.

● Other special examination

Diabetes

Who needs to check: obese people, people with high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure in people who often feel thirsty, frequent urination of the people, and tired of people, often blurred vision of the person or people who have a family history of diabetes .

Check the effect: a doctor will give you to do a blood test, then test your fasting blood glucose levels.

How often check again: once a year, if you first test results normal.

Thyroid problems

Who will need to check: There is a family history of thyroid abnormal person, or suddenly confronted with fatigue, weight gain (or lower), or depressed people.

Check the results: blood test will check thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. If the level is low, is likely to imply hyperthyroidism. If a high level, then the implied lack of thyroid function.

How often check again: check once every five years, or the doctor's advice.

Ovarian cancer

Who will need to check: There is a family history of ovarian cancer, or those who are suffering from pelvic pain.

Check the results: vaginal ultrasound examination, bring a stick-shaped implants vaginal ultrasound scanner to find any ovarian tumor or cyst within the.

How often check again: the doctor's advice

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