Recommended Health Screening
The following is a Health Maintenance Program we recommend to our patients:
- BP checks every 1-2 years
- Cholesterol Screening at age 45 (earlier with known risk factors for Coronary heart disease)
- Diabetes Screening
- Mammograms starting at age 40
- Colonoscopies at age 45-50
- STI screening
- Pap smears at age 21, then every 1-3 years.
Age 13-18
- Chlamydia (if sexually active)
- Gonorrhea (if sexually active)
- HIV (if sexually active)
- Fasting Glucose
Age 19-39
- Chlamydia (if age 25 or younger and sexually active)
- Gonorrhea (if age 25 or younger and sexually active)
- HIV
- Fasting Glucose
Age 40-64
- HIV
- Colorectal Cancer Screening/colonoscopy preferred:
(age 50+ & Low Risk: every 10 years)
(age 50+ & High Risk: Consult Colorectal Specialist) - Fasting Glucose (age 45+: every 5 years)
- Lipid Profile (age 45+: every 5 years)
- Mammography (age 40-49: every 1-2 years)
(age 50+: annually)
Age 65+
- Colorectal Cancer Screening/colonoscopy preferred (every 10 years)
- Fasting Glucose (every 5 years)
- Lipid Profile (every 5 years)
- Mammography (annually)
- BMD (not more than every 2 years)
- TSH (every 5 years)
Preventative Care for ALL age groups
- Low fat diet with exercise
- Breast Self Exams
- Regular eye exams
- Sunscreen usage and dermatology screening
- Daily Multi-Vitamin with a minimum of 1200mg of calcium and 800mg of vitamin D
- Limit caffeine and alcohol consumption
- No Smoking!
- ALWAYS wear your seat belt!