Why do you need regular physical examination? Please tell me what it includes.

Many diseases are diagnosed and treated when symptoms appear, which is often too late. For example, cancer is not removed by surgery until it becomes very large and has symptoms, and usually it has metastasized and survived quickly. If found early, the recurrence rate after surgical resection is very low. There are also some diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes. There are no symptoms in the early stage and can only be found through examination. When there are symptoms and complications in the later stage, the treatment is very difficult. Therefore, in any case, early detection of the disease is the key to successful treatment. How to detect diseases early? Mainly by physical examination. Generally, after the age of 40, you will have a regular physical examination. Some diseases should be checked regularly even in their twenties and thirties.

Physical examination can include blood biochemical examination, chest fluoroscopy, electrocardiogram and even B-ultrasound examination. Of course, not everyone has to do so many tests every year. When to start, how many years to interval, and what inspection to do all depend on the situation. But you can refer to the following opinions.

2 1 year-old should have their blood pressure measured regularly. Blood lipids are measured regularly over 30 years old. Blood sugar is measured regularly over 40 years old. Specifically, people with family history and risk factors of these diseases should start as early as possible and check up every one or two years. For example, high blood pressure should be considered when working and living are tense, hyperlipidemia should be considered when being overweight and overnourished, and diabetes should be considered when being obese in the elderly.

Women aged 20-39 should have a breast examination by a specialist every three years, and the interval over 40 is shorter to rule out breast cancer.

Women who give birth over middle age should have a cervical smear every 3 years to exclude cervical cancer.

Men over 50 years old should have an annual prostate examination, including anal digital examination and blood examination of prostate specific antigen (PSA). Because prostate cancer is the leading cancer in men.

In addition, physical examination should include chest X-ray fluoroscopy to exclude lung cancer, blood test for alpha-fetoprotein and carcinoembryonic antigen to exclude liver cancer. B-ultrasound examination of liver, kidney and prostate should be done when necessary.

Physical examination should be conducted every few years, and the content should be decided by experienced doctors.