Parents' first physical examination, can you give some advice?

In 2020, I have a short public holiday. At that time, my parents happened to be free, and they were both elderly, so I felt it necessary to take my parents for a comprehensive physical examination as a child as soon as I was free. After all, parents are old and don't know their physical health without physical examination. They always feel a little unsafe. Let's share some suggestions according to personal circumstances, hoping to help everyone.

Suggestion 1: explain the cost of physical examination to parents, and don't let parents worry about spending too much money.

My parents are nearly 70 years old, and I have no other physical examination experience except the basic examination arranged by my hometown village doctor. Personally, I don't like some private medical centers. I always feel that there will be a routine, at least in my small city. Therefore, I chose the medical examination package of public hospitals, feeling that the fees, services and equipment are relatively guaranteed. Considering that my parents are older, I chose a medical suit for magnetic vibration examination, and the cost is almost 3000 yuan.

My parents were also worried about spending too much money, so they were reluctant to accept it at first. I said that the money was deducted from my medical insurance card (my family with a medical insurance card can use it here), and I can't take it out if I don't use it, but there is still a discount if it is used for personal and family medical examinations. Because the elderly are most likely to worry about spending more money, it is necessary to dispel their parents' concerns when taking their parents for a physical examination for the first time.

Recommendation 2: Explain the purpose of physical examination to parents.

I feel that my parents are also people with backward ideas. Like most old people in the village, they feel that they are seriously ill or terminally ill and need to go for a physical examination. Therefore, as long as there is nothing abnormal in their bodies, they will not undergo a medical examination.

The first time I asked my parents to take them to a physical examination, they told me that I was not sick and didn't need a physical examination. I told them that we went to the physical examination not because we were sick, but to better control our health, know what needs to be strengthened, know what needs to be controlled, and know ourselves and ourselves. Physical examination is not because of illness, but to prove one's health.

I told my parents an example. An old man's physical examination found a small polyp in the intestine, but he didn't know whether to deal with it. The medical examiner told him, intestines or polyps? If it were me, I would want intestines, not polyps. Because my parents think that the medical examiner will exaggerate and aggravate the medical examination results, I will dispel some of my parents' fears about doctors through this example and let them have a little more affection for the medical examiner and the medical examiner.

Recommendation 3: It is recommended that parents must do three high, cranial (arterial) magnetic vibration and other items.

The first is the inspection of the three high projects. Three highs belong to chronic disease screening, and many familiar elderly people around them have this problem, especially high blood sugar, which needs to be controlled. Therefore, this must give parents a good physical examination. My mother used to have herpes zoster complications due to improper blood sugar control, which was very troublesome.

The second is the screening of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This is also the reason why I chose the magnetic resonance medical examination package, because here, the magnetic resonance medical examination in the hospital needs to be queued, and several machines are needed for outpatient service, hospitalization and medical examination, and an appointment is needed. But if you don't check this project, you won't know your parents' cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, whether the blood vessels are hardened, whether there are plaques in the arteries, and whether there are problems with blood supply. This is an examination item to prevent stroke and cerebral infarction in the elderly. Although it is expensive, I think it is necessary.

Because of the limitation of professional knowledge, the expression may not be in place. Simply put, it is necessary to check the parents' three high (blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure) health status, as well as the screening of vascular diseases such as cerebrovascular disease and carotid artery.