Another purpose of having a check-up is to determine the possible risks of diseases brought by age, gender, smoking, especially hormonal periods (such as fertility-menopause) in women, and to investigate the risk of familial diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke and cancer.
In some diseases, especially cancer, early diagnosis is extremely important. For this reason, early diagnosis of such diseases as a result of check-up scans also increases the success of treatment. Early awareness and early treatment in every field of medicine and every disease will increase the life comfort of the person and prolong the life span. the tests that should be in a standard check-up control; blood count, blood tests evaluating organ functions (liver, kidney, etc.), sedimentation, cholesterol and lipid levels, thyroid (goiter) test, hepatitis (jaundice) test, complete urinalysis, whole abdominal ultrasonography, chest X-ray, electrocardiography and search blood in stool.
It is recommended that everyone over the age of 40 should have eye examination, cardiological examinations and additional tests for cancer screening, in addition to the standard tests, whether there is a familial risk or not. Those with familial risk should not wait for the age of 40 to have these tests.
Another purpose of having a check-up is to determine the possible risks of diseases brought by age, gender, smoking, especially hormonal periods (such as fertility-menopause) in women, and to investigate the risk of familial diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke and cancer. Additional check-up tests for those with a family risk of coronary artery disease are HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, exercise test and echocardiography. Women with a family history of cancer should have annual PAP smear, breast ultrasonography, mammography, pulmonary function tests and lung computed tomography. Men with a family history of cancer should also have prostate specific antigen, pulmonary function test and lung computed tomography performed once a year.
Examinations
IMAGING AND OTHER TESTS
LABORATORY TESTS
