Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health. Even if there is no discomfort, many people insist on doing a general physical examination every year. This habit is very good.
As the saying goes, nip in the bud, many diseases are not without treatment opportunities, but because they are not taken seriously in the early stage, so the diseases cannot be treated in time. The purpose of physical examination is to check the possible safety hazards of the body in time, such as cancer.
However, for non-medical professionals, there are many physical examination items, and going to the physical examination center will also be confused. How should I choose so many medical examination packages?
In fact, no matter what kind of medical examination package you choose, you should remember that these four examination items are necessary, because they are closely related to health and can monitor whether your body is at risk of cancer in time.
1. Gastroscopy
The stomach is an important digestive organ of the human body, and it is also the organ that is most prone to problems at ordinary times. People may not pay much attention to the pain and soreness of the stomach, and think that taking some medicine for stomach diseases will disappear. However, there are many hidden diseases, which are not easy to be found by symptoms in the early stage. For example, the risk of malignant gastric mucosa must rely on gastroscopy to find out whether the stomach has lesions more intuitively.
More importantly, gastroscopy can also do gastric mucosa biopsy and gastric polyp removal, which is really useful for people who often have chronic gastritis to check the risk of gastric cancer.
Especially after the age of 40, the risk of gastric cancer will also increase. Although it is not easy to do gastroscopy, for the sake of health, we still have to choose to stick to it.
It is suggested that people over 40 years old, people with family history of stomach trouble or long-term stomach discomfort should have regular gastroscopy.
2. colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer is a malignant disease of digestive system, the incidence of which is increasing year by year, which is closely related to people’s daily diet structure and habits. For example, common rectal cancer and colon cancer, because they are not taken seriously in the early stage, usually choose to have an examination when there are obvious symptoms, which is probably too late.
In fact, colonoscopy is the most direct means of investigation. By looking directly at the colon and rectum, we can investigate tiny intestinal lesions. If we suspect that there is a tendency of malignant lesions, we can take a biopsy to take the lesion tissue for biopsy, and then decide the follow-up diagnosis and treatment plan.
Many people find it difficult to accept colonoscopy, because it is very painful. In fact, you can choose painless colonoscopy when doing physical examination, which will not bring you pain, but also check the intestinal health. Why not?
It is suggested that people over 50 years old should have colonoscopy every 5-10 years, and those with family history may need more frequent examination.
3. Liver B-ultrasound examination
The liver is an important organ of human body, which has many functions, such as metabolism, synthesis, digestion, etc. However, the liver is also the most prone to pathological changes among important organs of human body. In the early stage of liver disease, it usually doesn’t show obvious symptoms, but when people feel that they have liver discomfort, such as dull pain and abdominal distension, they may have missed the best treatment opportunity.
Therefore, it is necessary to observe the health dynamics of the liver in time. This observation is not with eyes, but with the help of imaging examination, and on this basis, the structure of the liver is scanned. Generally speaking, liver B-ultrasound is the most suitable for preliminary screening. In the early stage of liver disease, B-ultrasound can scan liver parenchyma and other parts to find suspicious pathological signals. If there is a risk of pathological changes, you can consider the next diagnosis and treatment, such as liver biopsy.
For the asymptomatic general population, low-dose CT screening can be considered to reduce radiation exposure.
In a word, B-ultrasound examination of liver is of great reference value for caring for liver health.
4. Pulmonary imaging examination
The incidence of lung cancer is still high, which is related to people’s living habits and living environment. Air pollution and smoking are all important factors that induce lung cancer. In the early stage of lung cancer, if we can take timely and effective measures to investigate, we can obviously improve the prognosis and prolong the life of patients.
Lung CT is an important means to examine the lungs. Many people think it is expensive, so they don’t do it when doing physical examination. In fact, this consideration is wrong.
Compared with delaying the treatment of lung cancer, the cost of lung CT is not very expensive at all, but it can help to find the risk of early lung malignant transformation. Therefore, it is recommended that you do a lung CT once a year when you have a physical examination, which is worthwhile for screening lung diseases.
The above four inspection items are relatively cost-effective, and can check the potential risk of body cancer. Finally, I would like to remind you that this article is for reference only and cannot replace professional medical advice.
Original title: "Four tests that must be done during physical examination to help find hidden dangers of cancer, don’t do it to save money"
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