What is Check-Up?

Check-up means a thorough examination.  In other words, it means to check your health status up before you suffer from a specific healthcare problem. It is extremely useful especially for early diagnosis.  It includes profound tests and diagnosis regarding your general health status.

When you decide to have check-up, you are offered a list of a series of test in line with below stated criteria.  Following these tests, your physician analyses your health status and makes advices for recovery or prevention.

Your age group,

Your family history,

Whether you are smoker or consume alcohol,

Whether you do sports,

Why Is Check-up Important?

Considering conditions of our era – eating habits, sleep pattern and environmental pollution -, it is necessary to consult a specialist for preventive measures along with early diagnosis and treatment.  Regular health check-ups are important for preventing health of you and your loved ones.

Check-ups can even save your life through early diagnosis.  Because diagnosing a disease at early stage hinders the progression of disease and makes immediate management possible.  Check-up has undeniable benefits to detect insidious diseases that do not show overt or specific symptoms.

Who Should Have Check-Up?

Having all organs, ranging from teeth to feet and heart to lungs, evaluated annually not only protects your health, but also your budget, as early diagnosis avoids expensive treatments that can cause huge costs.

While the physicians recommended check-up for individuals with risk factors at past, considering the changes in life conditions and statistics of diseases, they, now, recommend check-up for everyone at least once a year.

There is no specific age group for check-up; annual health evaluations are recommended for every age group.

How Frequently Should You Have Check-Up?

You are recommended to have check-up at least once a year, although your general health status should be examined and the best interval is advised by your doctor.  The packages planned for families offer advantages regarding budget and time management.

In fact, having annual check-ups makes sure that your family is safe and healthy and you should also recommend this approach to protect your friends and loved ones against many potential unpleasant problems in the future.

Considerations before Check-Up

If you decide to have check-up, you should inform the personnel about some issues. Otherwise, you will not have an efficient check-up.  Remember you are having this check-up to protect and recover your health.  Spare time for it and take it seriously.

Consider medical history of your family. Is there any genetic disease?  For example, do you have a family member with a prevalent disease such as cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson?  If any, inform your physician, as they affect the tests to be performed.

Do you have any allergic condition? This is also critical.  Write down the tests and your questions and absolutely ask them to your physician before the screening. Discuss these questions after the test results are reported to eliminate all your concerns.