Medical tests every woman must take

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Medical Tests Every Woman Must Take
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• One of the best ways to stay on the top of your
  health is to undergo regular medical screening.
  Just like checking the tire pressure and oil to
  keep your car running down the highway think
  these medical tests as basic maintenance of your
  body. Following is a list of some of the most
  important medical tests every women should have

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Cholesterol Screening / Lipid Profile

• Cholesterol is a type of fatty protein in the
  blood that can be formed in the
• arteries. The level of cholesterol helps in
  determining of your risk for heart
• diseases.
• What Blood test for cholesterol which is
  measured in milligrams per deciliter of
• blood (mg/dl)
• Age to start 20
• Frequency Once in every five years. If the test
  reveals high level of
• cholesterol, chances are your doctor will
  recommend retest once in six months
• or once in a year.

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Blood Pressure Check

• Checking your blood pressure on a regular basis
  is one of the most important
• things you can do to keep your health under
  check.
• What Physical reading test using an arm cuff
• Age to start Any age best during childhood
• Frequency Once in a year if the readings are
  normal. If youre under
• medications of hypertension or if the readings
  are high, your doctors will most
• likely to recommend it once in every six months.

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Diabetes Screening

• In order to check the risk of diabetes, doctors
  test the tolerance for glucose
• absorption in the body which means how quickly
  your body digests sugar.
• What Blood test performed after consuming a
  sugary drink. Its a glucose
• tolerance test in which the person needs to fast
  for at least nine hours prior to
• this test.
• Age to start at the start of pregnancy or
  between age 45-50 if you have no risk
• factors or symptoms.
• Frequency Every three years

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Bone Density Test

• Osteoporosis mainly affects women as a result of
  low estrogen levels after
• menopause and it occurs when minerals such as
  calcium drain
• bones,weakening and thinning them.
• What Its an X-ray called DXA (dual-energy
  X-ray) in which the screening of
• your hips, spine and wrist is done.
• Age to start Age 65
• Frequency Every five years

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Thyroid Test

• Thyroid is a small gland in your neck in your
  neck that regulates your bodys
• metabolic rate. Because of hormonal factors,
  women are at high risk of most
• types of thyroid.
• What The most common test, the TSH test, is a
  blood test that measures the
• level of thyroid-stimulating hormone.
• Age to start Age 35
• Frequency According to American Thyroid
  Association a thyroid test should
• be conducted once in every three to five years
  after the age of 35 while other
• doctors dont recommend a thyroid test for
  midlife adults before you have
• symptoms of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism.

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Colonoscopy or Sigmoidoscopy

• Colorectal cancer is a cancer that occurs in
  lower part of the intestines and is curable
• in 90 percent of all cases if diagnosed early.
  Colonoscopy is a type of screening that
• look inside the colon.
• What A thorough examination of colon is done
  using a small scope and camera which
• are inserted through the rectum. A sigmoidoscopy
  can see only the sigmoid or the
• lower section of the colon while a colonoscopy
  can see the whole colon.
• Age to start 50 for those with no risk factors.
  However, if you have a family member
• who has had colon cancer before the age of 50,
  begin colonoscopy screening when
• you're ten years younger than the age at which
  your family member was diagnosed
• with it.
• Frequency Doctors recommend flexible
  sigmoidoscopies once in every five years,
• while a colonoscopy is recommended by doctors
  once in every ten years.

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