Preventive Health Check

Technology has provided us with a lot of comforts but at the same time, it also causes a sharp rise in various lifestyle-related diseases. When we say lifestyle diseases, these are ailments that are mainly caused by day to day unhealthy habits of people such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, anxiety, hypertension, diabetes and other chronic disorders. With increased clamber of making more money has given birth to a concept -'more work, no play'. It has made people prone to various physical, mental and emotional diseases.

 

The conditions of getting affected with lifestyle diseases are formed due to the following factors:

     1. The nature of our daily task.

     2. Prolonged Sitting.

     3. Our workplace or home environmental factors.

     4. Our eating habits.

     5. Amount of physical activity we spend time with.

     6. Mental and/or physical stress.

There are some risk factors which cannot be modified as these are not under your control at all such as age, gender, family history of a disease, while other risk factors are modifiable because you can make an effort to change or treat like smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, etc.

 

Combat lifestyle diseases

There are some important lifestyle selections that can actually help you prevent and cut down the risk of acquiring any lifestyle disease.

     1. Adequate sleep

     2. Ergonomics

     3. Healthy lifestyle selections

     4. Sanitary living environment and other environmental conditions

     5. Healthy diet

     6. Regular health checks

 

Why a preventive health check is important?

While we are young, we feel invincible. But as we age, it all begins with random aches, pains and progresses to cholesterol increase, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attack, to list the very few serious disorders. If we soon started caring about our health, most diseases can be prevented before they could even occur.

 

Preventive health checkup can help you in many ways:

Firstly, It protects you from not only the trouble of having to suffer through the symptoms of the disease, but it also saves money that you would otherwise be spending on hospital expenses.

 

Secondly, There are many diseases and illnesses that have a better prognosis when diagnosed early. This is particularly true for chronic and terminal illnesses, such as diabetes, cancer, and heart attack.

 

Thirdly, Regular preventive health checkups help you find the best treatment alternatives as soon as possible, but also give you better chances of quickly recovering back to health.

 

Despite the necessary care we take for our better health, uncertainties increase with our age, lifestyle and not to mention the habit to take our health for granted. Regular preventive health checkups can set a guideline for our health and help us keep tabs on how time progresses. For those who have major diseases running in their family, health checkups become crucial to have control or to slow down the progression of the disease and prepare a holistic approach to ensure a healthy future ahead.

 

How often do you need a health check?

If you’re under 35 and healthy no smoke, no disease risk factors (including being overweight) and no take prescription medications get check-up 1-2 years. If you’re a woman and sexually active, get a Pap smear to screen for cervical cancer staring at age 21 and discuss how often you should screen with your provider.

 

Age 35-45, Healthy individuals, no smoke, no disease risk factors (including being overweight) and no take prescription medications should get a physical health check every other year.

 

Annual health examinations must begin at approximately 45 years of age onwards.

 

NOTE: Different recommendations about check-up frequency apply to individuals who take medication and have chronic disease risk factors. In that case, more frequent checks may be recommended since blood tests may be necessary and treatments may need to be changed.

 

Conclusion:

Choose from our following health checkup packages depending upon your condition, age and lifestyle explained above.

 

And for your convenience At the clinic we have prepared the following packages: