Health Check-up…..Prevention is better than cure

With today’s hurry-up lifestyle, people often don’t pay careful attention to their health or take care of themselves. The easiest way to ward off diseases and protect your health is to undergo regular medical check-ups. It is essential and beneficial because you can take appropriate medical action immediately if abnormal symptoms are detected and protect yourself from subsequent serious illness.

How often should a person have a medical check-up?
People should undergo regular medical check-ups at least once a year. Details of the check-up are determined according to a person's age, sex, personal risk factors and family history, especially for genetic diseases. This also includes a person’s pattern of daily living (such as stress, drug use, cigarette smoking or work) that may also contain leading risk factors for several illnesses and diseases.

Preparation for a check-up
1. Do not consume any food or drink 6 to 8 hours before your check-up.
2. Wear comfortable clothing to perform a venipuncture procedure.

Benefits of medical check-up
- Reduces health risks because if the check-up is conducted, illnesses detected can be reduced, warded off and treated immediately.
- Reduces the rate of hospital stay and saves money on treatment
- Improves better quality of life. Good physical health helps people achieve and sustain a state of good mental health, helping people work effectively. Thus, family and economic problems are reduced.

Medical check-ups are the right time for consulting a doctor about your general health. If you see the doctor when you are not ill, it is easier to perform medical check-ups, to help develop an exercise plan for strong health and to improve functional ability in all areas of daily life, especially for the elderly.

Medical check-ups are not a waste of time; on the contrary, they help us save time. Abnormal symptoms detected at earlier stages are easier and take less time to treat.

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