Regular physical examination, on the one hand, is conducive to early detection, early treatment and early prevention of diseases; On the other hand, it can strengthen the understanding of one’s own physical function, improve one’s bad living habits in time and improve one’s health level.
Therefore, regular physical examination is very necessary.
This article has collected some common questions about physical examination, hoping to answer your questions.
Where do you provide personal health check-up services?
It is suggested to choose the physical examination center of the general hospital or the regular physical examination institution.
You can consult the guiding nurse to understand the specific physical examination process of each hospital or institution.
How to choose the physical examination items?
The physical examination center will generally provide different [physical examination packages], choose the package suitable for itself, and can appropriately increase or decrease the examination items according to its specific situation and under the guidance of doctors.
Can medical examination expenses and medical insurance be reimbursed?
In principle, personal health examination is not included in the scope of medical insurance reimbursement.
How long does the physical examination take?
There will be changes according to the contents of the physical examination. Generally, one morning is enough.
When making an appointment for a physical examination, you will be informed of the time required for all examinations.
Pay attention to what before physical examination?
Women avoid menstruation.
A few days before the physical examination, don’t eat greasy, don’t drink alcohol, and have a full rest.
On the day of physical examination, remember not to eat breakfast. Patients with chronic diseases who need to take medicine for a long time can take medicine with a small amount of plain boiled water.
Don’t make up, don’t wear jewelry, choose to wear clothes and socks that are convenient to take off.
Which tests can be done for one-time blood drawing? How much blood does it take?
Blood routine, blood sugar, blood lipid, liver function and kidney function all need to be tested by blood drawing. For the above tests, only one-time blood drawing is required.
Generally, it is drawn from the superficial vein inside the elbow and requires a total of about 10 mL of blood.
How to keep urine samples?
It is best to urinate for the first time in the morning and use the clean measuring cup provided by the hospital to collect and clean the urine in the middle section (urine when urinating in the middle section).
Women should avoid menstruation, and it is best to clean vulva before collection to avoid mixing leucorrhea and other secretions in urine.
How to keep stool samples?
Feces about the size of peanuts can be selected as test samples.
If blood is visible to the naked eye, the part with blood can be picked out.
When submitting for examination, describing the appearance of feces to doctors is helpful for diagnosis.
It should be emphasized that before stool detection, attention should be paid to diet and animal blood, animal liver, spinach and some iron-containing drugs should be avoided to avoid affecting the accuracy of detection.
Which tests require fasting?
Barium meal, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, abdominal B-ultrasound and blood sugar and blood lipid detection require fasting.
In addition, such as pharyngeal examination, laryngoscope, etc., will stimulate the throat during the examination, which is easy to nausea, and eating before the examination is not recommended.
However, for patients with chronic diseases who need to take medicine in the morning, it is recommended to take medicine on time and take a small amount of clear water.
Which items need to hold urine?
Ureter and bladder B-ultrasound, prostate B-ultrasound and gynecologic B-ultrasound via abdomen need to hold urine.
You can drink water and hold your urine after the items requiring fasting examination are completed, waiting for the above items to be examined.
If B-ultrasound of uterus and double appendages is performed via vagina, the bladder needs to be emptied before examination.
Is there any radiation on the imaging examination? Is it harmful to human body?
B-ultrasound and nuclear magnetic resonance (MRI) do not have ionizing radiation.
X-ray, CT and various contrast examinations have ionizing radiation. However, in medical examination, the amount of ionizing radiation is strictly controlled within a safe range, and reasonable examination will not cause obvious damage to human body.
Pregnant women generally do not recommend radiological examination with radiation.
Is cancer screening necessary?
According to the American Cancer Society-
The general population needs screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colon cancer.
Others, such as lung cancer, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, liver cancer, etc., are recommended for examination by high-risk groups.
The so-called high-risk group refers to: close relatives suffer from tumor; Long-term exposure to carcinogenic substances; There are factors with high incidence of cancer, such as older people, people suffering from hepatitis B, chronic atrophic gastritis, etc.
What should I do after I get the medical examination report?
Focus on abnormal examination results, review under the guidance of doctors, or carry out diagnosis and treatment.
Attention should also be paid to some [critical] examination results, such as blood pressure/blood sugar/uric acid, which are higher than normal but do not meet the criteria for diagnosing hypertension/diabetes/gout.
Intervention is needed under the guidance of doctors, such as timely medication control, improvement of bad living habits, strengthening self-management and regular review.
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