Your Physical Examinations matter!

Did you ever think about your body rights?

Yes, our bodies have rights over us, and yes they sometimes give us kind of alarms that everything is not alright, and if we still not giving the whole attention our bodies can rebel!

So, what does that mean? And why our bodies may rebel on us?

The answer is so simple, from time to time our bodies get exhausted and overwhelmed, and we should be so aware of this, we shouldn’t wait till our body starts aching or something weird start to pop up in the future. Every now and then your body will alarm you like “Hey, I’m going to give you some headache to tell you that there something wrong here inside, you need to check this out”. You can NOT ignore this at all; you better not wait for your body to start giving sights, why don’t you put a simple physical examination routine for sake of your consistent health? 

Checkups and physical examinations will always keep you updated with every single change that happens inside your body to be always ready to detect diseases or serious conditions and start fixing at the very beginning.

In addition to that, having updated physical examinations results will help your doctor who is so aware of your case and your family history to focus on special areas or ask you for certain additional tests to make sure that this part of your body is performing well and discuss future prevention measures with you.

Have a quick look at the most important checkups and physical examinations: 

1. Weight and height to measure your IBM which helps protect you from things like heart disease, type 2 of diabetes, and some forms of cancer. 
2. Blood pressure. Normal blood pressure is less than 120 over 80.
3.  A cholesterol test is always needed if you’re an older adult, male, overweight, and especially if you have Diabetes or a family history of heart disease or high cholesterol.
4. Colorectal Cancer Screening to look for cancer in the colon or rectum by checking for blood there or for tissue growths called polyps 
5. Lungs and respiratory system and detect any rattle, wheezing or low breathing sounds.
6. Checking skin, hair, and nails to find out if there are any marks or signs indicating any dysfunction in your body.
7. Examination of the head, neck, sinuses, eyes, lymph nodes, thyroid, and carotid arteries.
8. Blood Sugar Test.
9. Full dental check-up to look for cavities, gum disease, and other problems in your mouth. Bone Density test, especially if you have any history with weak or easily broken bones.
10.  Examine the nervous system by assessing nerves, muscles strength.
11.  There are some special tests for women:
     - Mammogram to discover breast cancer earlier
     - Cervical cancer testing
     - Pelvic exam to look for signs of a sexually transmitted infection 
12.  And for men:
     - Prostate cancer screening to check the prostate gland for signs of cancer.
    
    

You should always track your body and keep following up with your doctor before and after examinations to be alerted and ready to start fixing any problem you may face and make sure that you’re growing old fit and healthy as possible as you can. 

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