As we grow older, many diseases will come to us, especially after the age of 50, physical health care is particularly important. If you want to find some tiny lesions in time, you need to understand your health through reasonable examinations. Regular examinations are also effect

As the saying goes, "At the age of forty, you will not be confused, but at the age of fifty, you will know the destiny of heaven." When you are fifty, it can be said to be an important watershed in your life. At this time, you must pay close attention to your health, especially the annual physical examination, which is particularly important.

As we grow older, many diseases will come to us, especially after the age of 50, physical health care is particularly important. If you want to find some tiny lesions in time, you need to understand your health through reasonable examinations. Regular examinations are also effective measures to prevent diseases.

The importance of physical examination

Physical examination is a general term for examining all aspects of the body. In life, physical examinations are often required. For example, a newborn baby needs to undergo a basic physical examination to determine basic physiological functions. Before entering school, before employment, and before joining the army, the purpose is to prevent people suffering from infectious diseases from causing widespread infection in collective life.

Physical examination can detect early diseases and intervene in advance, but cannot accurately diagnose the condition, so everyone should communicate with the doctor during the physical examination.

Now with the improvement of national health awareness, the importance of physical examinations is self-evident. Diseases can be detected early, and early treatment is always better than late treatment. It can reduce economic pressure and reduce the occurrence of complications.

And through physical examination, advanced technology and precision instrument monitoring can be used to detect the existence of diseases in the early stage and promptly treat them, which has won valuable time to save lives, thereby killing the disease in its bud. Not only that, physical examination can also play a role in supervising people and becoming a good habit.

Things to note the day before the physical examination

. Most of the physical examinations have fasting requirements. They will no longer eat after 8 pm the day before the physical examination, and will no longer drink water after 12 pm, and will eat after the physical examination that morning.

. Ensure a light and balanced diet the day before the physical examination, do not overeat, eat high-sugar and high-fat foods, do not drink alcohol, and ensure adequate sleep at night.

. Try not to drink too much water the night before, because urine usually chooses the first urine in the morning, so you need to take the middle urine as a sample to reflect your physical condition. If you drink too much water the day before, you may have urinated before taking urine in the morning, which is not conducive to taking the first morning urine.

. Gynecological examinations cannot have sex at least the day before the examination, and vaginal discharge is not allowed to be washed and plugged in medicine, so as not to affect the results of routine leucorrhea examinations. It is best not to have gynecological examinations for pregnant women or suspected of being pregnant. Patients with chronic diseases such as

, hypertension , diabetes , heart disease and other chronic diseases should take the medicine as usual, and other drugs can be taken after physical examination.

. Pregnant couples can confirm specific examination items the day before the physical examination to avoid radiation examination items.

. Clothes for the next day can be prepared the day before the physical examination. The clothes should be as loose and comfortable as possible. Women who love beauty should not wear dresses or pantyhose , and do not put on makeup, so as not to cause inconvenience to the physical examination or affect the examination results.

. Avoid drinking. After drinking, alcohol will be catabolized by the liver, producing acetic acid, acetaldehyde, and other substances, which hinders the normal operation of liver cells and increases the burden on liver cells. There may be an increase in transient amino acid in the physical examination.

In addition to dietary precautions, you should pay attention to rest and avoid staying up late before physical examination to avoid affecting liver function and other results. In addition, strenuous exercise should be avoided before physical examination to avoid excessive blood pressure.

What are the items of routine physical examination

. General examination. measures height, weight, blood pressure, etc., to have a preliminary understanding of the basic situation of the subject, and can also calculate the body mass index through the test results, waist-to-hip ratio, , etc., and roughly estimate the health status.

. Internal medicine examination. through auscultation, palpation, percussion, etc., use stethoscope and other instruments to check the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and other organs to understand the heart rate, liver size, whether there is rales , whether there is lump, etc., and initially check the disease.

. Surgical examination. mainly focuses on auscultation, palpation, and percussion, and understand the basic situation of thyroid , lymph node , breast , spine, limbs, urogenitals and other parts. It also includes ophthalmic examinations, otolaryngology examinations, oral examinations and other items.

. Electrocardiogram test. can understand whether there are abnormalities in heart rate, conduction, etc., and can also make preliminary diagnosis of diseases such as arrhythmia , myocardial ischemia , coronary heart disease and other diseases.

. Blood test. includes blood routine , liver function, kidney function, blood lipid , fasting blood sugar , etc. You can preliminary understand whether there are infections, abnormal liver and kidney function, anemia and other problems.

, urine test . includes urinary leukocytes , urinary erythrocytes , urinary albumin, etc., which can be checked. Whether there are urinary tract infections, tumors, stones, etc. can also assist in the diagnosis of diabetes and other diseases.

. Imaging examination. is routinely a chest X-ray examination. Some physical examinations also require abdominal color ultrasound, CT, etc., to understand whether there are structural abnormalities. If a lesion occurs, you can also understand the location, range, size, etc. of the lesion.

After the age of 50, you don’t have to do every examination item, but these five examinations cannot be saved

[Bone density test]

When people get older, their bones are not as good as before, and they will become very brittle. This is why the elderly are more likely to suffer from the osteoporosis .

Especially female friends, they are more likely to suffer from this disease when they are older, because women are five times more likely to suffer from osteoporosis than men. So especially for women, when they reach this age, they must check their bone density to see if their bones are in a healthy state.

[ colonoscopy and gastroscopy ]

People over 50 years old must do these two tests regularly, especially those with a family history, and should do these two tests to ensure that they can promptly understand whether the gastrointestinal health is.

Gastroenteroscope can rule out the occurrence of gastrointestinal cancer , colon cancer , and rectal cancer. You can also see whether there will be colorectal cancer. If there are no such cases in the family, there are no similar cases, and the examination can be conducted after 5 years.

【Chest CT】

Chest CT can eliminate the occurrence of lung cancer early. For people who smoke for a long time, are in a second-hand smoke environment and work in a dust environment for a long time, chest CT is a very necessary examination.

[Abdominal color ultrasound examination]

Abdominal color ultrasound is a relatively common examination item, which can understand whether some organs in the abdominal cavity have lesions. Abdominal color ultrasound examination is divided into upper abdomen and lower abdomen.

Abdominal color ultrasound can check all the parenchymal organs in the abdominal cavity, such as the liver, kidneys, gallbladder , etc., and can be used to determine whether abnormal lesions have occurred through color ultrasound.

For example, liver gallstones, tumors, kidney stones, or prostate hypertrophy, bladder size, or placeholder lesions, etc., can be seen through color ultrasound.

[Biochemical complete set]

includes liver and kidney function, blood lipids, and electrolytes.There are many information on the complete set of biochemical prompts. By checking various aminotransferases, you can determine whether the liver and kidney function is normal. If cholesterol is high in and high in triglycerides, it may indicate hyperlipidemia. People who have drinking habits, have poor dietary habits and often have big fish and meat, need to do this checkup.