Health check-up items by life cycle
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Essential health checkup items for each life cycle
Disease prevention is more important than cure. For preventive purposes, you will receive a health checkup once a year or two.
What are the essential health checkup items for each age group?
If you look at the end, you can know the essential health checkup details.
20’s
It’s a healthy time, but if you don’t take care of it from this point on, you won’t be able to keep your health in your 30s. Required health checkup items include blood pressure, obesity, blood test, syphilis, AIDS, urine test, and chest X-ray test (tuberculosis).
30’s
For those in their 30s, additional thyroid function tests and thyroid cancer tests should be added. This is because the incidence of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and thyroid cancer is high in the 30s.
Women should be screened for breast cancer.
40’s
From the age of 40, cancer screening is mandatory. Five major cancers (stomach cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, and liver cancer) are included.
In general, CT can detect bronchial, aortic, and even lung cancer. The condition of the stomach should be checked through an upper endoscopy.
Men are four times more likely to develop heart disease than women. Therefore, you should constantly check your blood pressure and ECG.
In the case of women, since bone density declines with menopause, bone health should be checked by measuring bone density every two years.
50’s
If you are in your 50s, regular colorectal cancer screening is essential. This is because colorectal cancer mortality rates are high in people in their 50s.
60’s
People in their 60s must undergo vision tests, hearing tests, and dental problems to detect noise-induced hearing loss and cataracts.
If you have been diagnosed with noise-induced hearing loss, you can receive hearing aids with state support.
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Brain diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, and heart disease should also be checked.
In the case of men, since the prostate cancer rate increases rapidly after the age of 60, ionizing adenocarcinoma screening is required.
Health checkup items according to age are as follows. Please be sure to receive it and prevent it in advance and take care of your health.
The most important thing is to take care of your body and mind by controlling your diet, smoking, exercising, and meditating.