为什么健康检查对每个人都非常重要?
什么是健康检查?
健康检查旨在使用测试、体检或其他方法,帮助那些看起来良好或感觉良好的人发现早期疾病。
谁应当接受健康检查?
健康检查与我在受伤或生病时医生要求我做的检查有什么不同?
由于健康检查的目的是帮助那些看似身体良好或感觉良好的人发现早期疾病,与已经出现疾病迹象/症状时所做的诊断测试不同。
健康检查为什么非常重要?我为什么要接受健康检查?
健康检查可以帮助您尽早发现您是否患有潜在疾病或处于高风险中 – 即使您感觉健康,没有出现任何疾病的症状。早期发现并进行治疗,对病情的良好控制将会带来更好的结果,降低严重并发症的风险。在某些高风险的情况下,改变生活方式可能足以降低风险。因此,即使您感觉身体良好,接受健康检查也是非常必要的。
我应当接受哪些健康检查?
由新加坡医学专科学院和保健促进局的代表组成的健康检查检讨委员会根据以下要求,将健康检查分类1如下:
类别1
对每个人都有益
类别2
对一部分人有益,但对其他人无益:由“个人”情况决定,根据您的个人风险因素,如自身或家族遗传病或慢性病史,涉及可能导致疾病的因素,如吸烟。
类别3
不建议做健康检查:目前没有足够的信息支持使用此类测试。
1健康检查检讨委员会报告,2011年2月,新加坡医学专科学院.
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我可以去哪里接收健康检查?
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Table A – General Screening Tests (Beneficial for everyone)
General Screening Tests for Adults
Recommended for2
To screen for
Screening test
Screening frequency3
Individuals aged 18 yrs and above
Obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI) Waist circumference
Once a year
Hypertension (High blood pressure)
Blood pressure measurement
Once every two years or more frequently as advised by your doctor
Individuals aged 40 yrs and above
Diabetes mellitus
Hyperlipidaemia (High blood cholesterol)
Fasting blood glucose Fasting lipids
Once every three years or more frequently as advised by your doctor
Individuals aged 50 yrs and above
Colorectal cancer
Faecal Immunochemical Test (to test for blood in stools) OR
Additional Tests for Women
Women aged 25-69 yrs, who have had sexual intercourse
Cervical cancer
Pap test
Once every three years
Women aged 50-69 yrs
Breast cancer
Mammogram
Once every two years
General Screening Tests for Newborns
Recommended for
Screening frequency
Newborns aged 0-4 weeks old
Hearing loss
Audiometry
Once
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
Screen with umbilical cord blood
Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM)
Metabolic screen with
Tandem Mass Spectrometry (TMS)
Primary hypothyroidism
Thyroid Function Test (TFT)
Screening can start at an earlier age or be done more frequently if someone has risk factors for the disease.