Medical check-ups include a complete ”head to toe” assessments and, depending on results, developing primary treatment plans. Such examinations include a complete blood and urine analysis, as well as detailed body scans with modern sonography and color Doppler ultrasound machines.
Furthermore, they also include clinical tests, ECG and spirometry, and through conversing with the patient, drafting their personal medical history, as well as their family’s. These allow for easier discovery of ailments in the patient.
For women’s health, unavoidable routinely gynecology appointments, sonography and mammography, i.e. x-ray and similar breast scans that allow for early breast cancer diagnosis and other abnormalities in breast tissue that may be in the stage where the size is insufficient for tactile detection.
Computerised bone densitometry (DEXA) is an analysis that gives details of bone marrow density and calcium concentrations in specific body parts, thus acting as a basic protocol for diagnosing osteoporosis, degenerative diseases characterised by loss of calcium in the bones and decreased bone mass.
As well as for women, there are important male-specific check-ups, such as andrological tests. It is an analytical approach that, among others, encompasses controlling prostate health: urological analysis, digitalised rectal examination for discovering possible tissue abnormalities and for determining PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in blood.
A list of additional diagnostic tests can be done with the internists, neurologists, endocrinologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists, and physicians… and all this in one place, one day, and with personalised approach to each patient!