Annual Health check up

(Image by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Nowadays, regular health tests are able to identify the risk of non communicable diseases, as it is very helpful to prevent morbidity and mortality. It is very important to know when to be done and what to be done. Here, I am going to write about the annual screening tests to be done, if your age is above 30 years of age. 

Check fasting blood sugar, fasting lipid profile and blood pressure once in a year. To see the normal and abnormal range, visit http://understandhealthtips.blogspot.in/2014/11/blood-sugar-interpretation.html. If fasting blood sugar is high, check postprandial blood sugar and HbA1c.

If blood pressure is high in first reading, check blood pressure in alternative days for a week at rest. The reading is remain high, consult doctor immediately. For more details, visit http://understandhealthtips.blogspot.in/2014/11/understanding-blood-pressure-reading.html.

To see the interpretation of fasting lipid profile, visit http://understandhealthtips.blogspot.in/2014/11/cholesterol-test-interpretation.html. If you are at high risk, consult doctor soon.

If you are a known case of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardio-vascular diseases or stroke, check urea, creatinine, liver function test, thyroid function test and electrocardiogram annually.