Basic Health Check

Prevention is better than Cure.

Chronic heart diseases, cancers, mental disturbances, diabetes, and several hormonal imbalances can be prevented by planning and executing a proper health check-up to prevent the disease from spreading. Therefore, it is important to go for yearly or monthly preventive tests to increase chances for treatment and cure. How often you need assistance depends on your age, family history, and how often you smoke.

 As stated by World Health Organization (WHO), a decline in the incidence and prevalence of coronary heart disease and other chronic lifestyle diseases in western countries is the result of appropriate preventive measures undertaken by these countries. Likewise, introduction of routine immunisation has been the  reason for elimination AND PREVENTION of the diseases. Therefore, WHO emphasizes that in the practice of medicine, preventive measures must get precedence over CURE. It estimates that almost 60-70% of these diseases are preventable with timely assessment and intervention. 

For instance, a heart attack may not be sudden but can happen due to gradual accumulation of cholesterol in blood vessels. A health check-up will determine your cholesterol number and allow you to make diet changes to reduce fat intake.

Who requires Preventive Tests?

It has been observed that people of working age-group (35-65 years) are being increasingly afflicted by lifestyle diseases. It is recommended by international consensus and understanding that men, above 35 years of age, and women, above 40 years of the age, should undergo annual preventive health check-up. In case of a significant history of a particular disease in family, initiate screening tests 10 years before, when the youngest member of family developed that particular disease ( diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, high cholesterol level, high blood pressure, cancer of breasts, prostate, colon, etc). General preventive measures include availability of fresh air, clean potable water, regular physical exercise, adequate rest, balanced and nutritious diet, avoidance of smoking and tobacco use, immunisation against certain diseases and of course regular medical checkup.