Time for a Checkup

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You know that regular maintenance is the best and least costly way to care for your car or your home. So why not do the same for your body?

 Age  Women Men 
20′s Eye Exam: at least 1 between the ages of 20 & 29Clinical Breast Exam: every 3 years starting at age 20

Pap Smear: every 1-3 years starting at age 21 (or when sexually active)

Pelvic Exam: yearly

Chlamydia Test: yearly until age 25 if sexually active; then any time you have new partners.

 

 Eye Exam: at least 1 between the ages of 20 & 29Testicular Exam: ask your doctor, starting at age 18
30′s Eye Exam: at least 2 between 30 and 39Thyroid test: every 5 years, starting at age 35

Continuing Care:

Clinical Breast Exam

Pap Smear

Pelvic exam

 Eye Exam: at least 2 between 30 and 39
40′s Eye Exam: at age 40 then every 2 to 4 yearsBone Density: Ask your doctor starting at age 40

Blood Glucose Test for Diabetes: Every 3 years starting at age 45

Mammogram: For women age 40 and over, the benefits of annual breast screening continue to outweigh the risks,” says Therese B. Bevers, MD, of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis.

Continuing Care:

Clinical Breast Exam

Pap Smear

Pelvic exam

Thyroid test

 

 Eye Exam: at age 40 then every 2 to 4 yearsBlood Glucose Test for Diabetes: Every 3 years starting at age 45

Bone Density Test: Ask your doctor starting at age 40

Dgital Rectal Exam: Ask your doctor starting at age 40

Prostate Screening: Ask your doctor starting at age 40
50′s Colorectal Screenings: yearly fecal occult blood test OR flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years or colonoscopy every 10 yearsContinuing Care:

Eye Exam

Clinical Breast Exam (Mammogram)

Pap Smear

Pelvic exam

Thyroid test

Bone Density

Blood Glucose

 

 Colorectal Screenings: yearly fecal occult blood test OR flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years or colonoscopy every 10 yearsContinuing Care:

Eye Exam

Bone Density

Blood Glucose

Digital Rectal Exam

Prostate Screening
 60′s and up Eye Exam: Every 1 to 2 years starting at age 65Colorectal Screening: Discuss with your doctor if you’re older than 75

Continuing Care:

Clinical Breast Exam (Mammogram)

Pap Smear

Pelvic exam

Thyroid test

Bone Density

Blood Glucose

 

 Eye Exam: Every 1 to 2 years starting at age 65Colorectal Screening: Discuss with your doctor if you’re older than 75

Continuing Care:

Bone Density

Blood Glucose

Digital Rectal Exam

Prostate Screening

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